Effects of attention on the asymmetric serial dependences between form and motion patterns and their computational processes

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Here, we conducted two experiments to examine whether and how attention affected the serial dependences between the two displays. We found that when all attentional resources are allocated to the FoE estimation task, the serial dependence of the form FoE estimation on the previous flow FoE (SDEflow_form) still existed even as the flow FoE was 40°, while the serial dependence of the flow FoE estimation on the previous form FoE (SDEform_flow) disappeared as the form FoE was beyond 30°. When attentional resources are distributed by other tasks, the SDEflow_form tended to be stronger than the SDEform_flow. Therefore, the SDEflow_form and SDEform_flow are asymmetric regardless of observers’ attentional states. Lastly, we developed two Bayesian models based on the proposal that attention modulated the certainty of sensory representations of currently presented features. Besides, one model took the effects of working memory on previously presented features in consideration. We found that the model with working memory predicted participants’ performances better than the model without considering working memory. In summary, the current study demonstrated attention and working memory affected the serial dependences between form and flow displays and the effects could be quantitatively predicted by Bayesian inference models. Biological sciences/Psychology/Human behaviour Biological sciences/Computational biology and bioinformatics/Computational models heading perception form perception attention serial dependence Bayesian inference information decay Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. 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