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Behavioral and Neural Indices of Perceiving Multisensory Action Outcomes
Distinct perception for voluntary vs. externally-generated action outcomes has been demonstrated in timing and intensity domains. First, time interval between an action and its outcome is perceived shorter. Second, sensory stimuli triggered by one’s own action is judged as less intense than similar...
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| Format: | Dissertation |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Philipps-Universität Marburg
2017
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| Zusammenfassung: | Distinct perception for voluntary vs. externally-generated action outcomes has been demonstrated in timing and intensity domains. First, time interval between an action and its outcome is perceived shorter. Second, sensory stimuli triggered by one’s own action is judged as less intense than similar stimuli triggered externally. The differential perception of voluntary action outcomes has been attributed to efference copy-related predictive mechanisms, and has been studied extensively using behavioral and imaging methods. However, although voluntary movements in the real world produce feedback in multiple modalities, previous experiments mostly investigated unimodal action outcomes. Therefore, the perception of multisensory inputs associated with our own actions remains to be explored. The aim of this dissertation was to fill this gap by investigating the behavioral and neural correlates of multisensory action outcomes. In Study 1, synchrony perception for multisensory outcomes triggered by voluntary vs. externally-generated movements was assessed. Study 1.1 showed increased perception of simultaneity for audiovisual stimulus pairs around the time of action. Study 1.2 revealed a similar effect also when the movement was externally-generated, underlining the importance of causal relations between events in shaping time perception. Interestingly, the slopes of the psychometric functions in the voluntary condition were significantly steeper than the slopes in the externally-generated condition, suggesting a role of action-related predictive mechanisms in making synchrony perception more precise. Study 2 investigated the neural correlates of perceiving unimodal vs. bimodal inputs triggered by voluntary button presses compared with passive viewing of identical stimuli. Results showed BOLD suppression for voluntary action outcomes in comparison to passive viewing of the same stimuli. This BOLD suppression effect was independent of the to-be-attended modality and the number of modalities presented. The cerebellum was found to be recruited more during bimodal trials and when a delay was detected. These findings support action-related predictive processing of voluntary action outcomes, demonstrating it also for multisensory action outcomes. The findings also indicate the cerebellum’s role in error-related action outcome processing, and the influence of the additional sensory modality on error-related activity in the cerebellum. Study 3 investigated neural correlates of perceiving unimodal vs. bimodal action outcomes by focusing on efference copy-related predictive processing in a naturalistic experimental set- up. Results extend findings of Study 2 regarding the predictive processing of multisensory action outcomes to a naturalistic context, and support the role of the cerebellum in error- related action outcome processing. Importantly, activity in the cerebellum was modulated by the additional modality, highlighting the role of multisensory processing in shaping motor- sensory interactions. Together, findings of these studies strengthen existing evidence on the distinctive perception for voluntary action outcomes, extending it to multisensory action outcomes, and to a realistic context. Implications of this line of research extend to revealing mechanisms behind agency deficits frequently observed in schizophrenia, as well as to the development of intervention techniques targeting the rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injury or stroke. |
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| Umfang: | 158 Seiten |
| DOI: | 10.17192/z2017.0748 |