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Anticipatory Saccades Towards the Future Consequences of One’s Actions – an Online Eye Tracking Study

Open Access
|Feb 2023

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Figure 1

Trial structure: A repeat/switch target (100 ms) was followed by a blank screen response frame (1400 ms). Participants’ correct left/right responses contingently produced visual effects (orange vs. blue circle) on the spatially response-effect (R-E) compatible/incompatible left/right side of the screen (1st vs. 2nd half of the experiment) after a short versus long effect delay (200 vs. 800 ms). Each response was mapped to one effect colour and one effect delay (e.g., left response –> blue circle, 200 ms; right response –> orange circle, 800 ms). Trials were separated by a jittered intertrial interval (ITI). We assessed eye movements in the anticipatory interval between target offset and effect onset.

Figure 2

Manual reaction times (RTs) in A) Experiment 1 and C) Experiment 2 and error rates in B) Experiment 1 and D) Experiment 2 and displayed per response-effect (R-E) compatibility and effect delay condition. Error bars depict the 95% between-subject confidence interval of the mean.

Table 1

Linear Mixed Model Results per Experiment: Manual Reaction Time.

MANUAL REACTION TIME (RT)
EXPERIMENTSEXPERIMENT 1EXPERIMENT 2
PREDICTORSESTIMATECISETPESTIMATECISETP
Intercept493.45463.49–523.4114.4834.08<0.001464.34428.40–500.2917.3326.79<0.001
Response-effect compatibility1.07–1.68–3.811.400.760.446–6.30–9.24–3.371.50–4.21<0.001
effect delay–2.95–7.31–1.402.10–1.400.174–1.63–6.69–3.432.44–0.670.504
Response-effect compatibility × effect delay0.43–2.32–3.181.400.310.7591.36–1.58–4.301.500.910.364
Model
N Subject2423
Observations89078445
Marginal R2/Conditional R20.000/0.2220.002/0.267
Deviance112412.343107267.066

[i] Note: CI indicates the 95% confidence interval and SE refers to standard error.

Converging model Experiment 1: RT ~ Response-effect compatibility * Effect delay + (Effect delay || Subject).

Converging model Experiment 2: RT ~ Response-effect compatibility * Effect delay + (Effect delay || Subject).

Table 2

Linear Mixed Model Results per Experiment: Manual Errors (0/1).

ERROR
EXPERIMENTSEXPERIMENT 1EXPERIMENT 2
PREDICTORSORCISEZPORCISEZP
Intercept0.030.03 – 0.040.00–28.40<0.0010.040.03 – 0.050.01–21.73<0.001
Response-effect compatibility0.910.79 – 1.060.07–1.230.2190.960.84 – 1.110.07–0.500.616
effect delay0.930.80 – 1.070.07–1.010.3120.950.83 – 1.090.07–0.760.450
Response-effect compatibility × effect delay1.050.94 – 1.170.060.860.3880.970.88 – 1.070.05–0.580.563
Model
N Subject2423
Observations93658968
Marginal R2/Conditional R20.005/0.0470.001/0.056
Deviance2935.0843199.983

[i] Note: CI indicates confidence interval and SE refers to standard error.

Converging model Experiment 1: Error ~ Response-effect compatibility * Effect delay + (Response-effect compatibility | Subject) + (Effect delay|Subject).

Converging model Experiment 2: Error ~ Response-effect compatibility * Effect delay + (Response-effect compatibility | Subject) + (Effect delay|Subject).

Figure 3

Saccade-effect congruency (SEC; saccades towards the effect/all saccades) score in A) Experiment 1 and C) Experiment 2 and latency of the first effect-congruent saccade in B) Experiment 1 and D) Experiment 2 displayed per response-effect (R-E) compatibility and effect delay condition. Error bars depict the 95% between-subject confidence interval of the mean.

Table 3

Linear Mixed Model Results per Experiment: Saccade-Effect Congruency (SEC; 0/1).

SACCADE EFFECT CONGRUENCY
EXPERIMENTSEXPERIMENT 1EXPERIMENT 2
PREDICTORSORCISEZPORCISEZP
Intercept1.131.02 – 1.250.062.390.0171.751.51 – 2.040.147.25<0.001
Response-effect compatibility1.131.06 – 1.210.043.51<0.0011.481.27 – 1.730.125.01<0.001
effect delay0.990.93 – 1.060.03–0.210.8371.010.91 – 1.130.060.170.864
Response-effect compatibility × effect delay0.970.91 – 1.040.03–0.880.3801.11.02 – 1.170.042.660.008
Model
N Subject2423
Observations35164260
Marginal R2/Conditional R20.005/0.0150.043/0.091
Deviance4827.5085290.758

[i] Note: CI indicates confidence interval and SE refers to standard error.

Converging model Experiment 1: SEC ~ Response-effect compatibility * Effect delay + (1 | Subject).

Converging model Experiment 2: SEC ~ Response-effect compatibility * Effect delay + (Response-effect compatibility | Subject) + (Effect delay | Subject).

Table 4

Linear Mixed Model Results per Experiment: Saccade Latency.

SACCADE LATENCY
EXPERIMENTSEXPERIMENT 1EXPERIMENT 2
PREDICTORSESTIMATECISETPESTIMATECISETP
Intercept432.91407.24 – 458.5712.3934.94<0.001428.89397.26–460.5216.1326.59<0.001
Response-effect compatibility–18.91–40.28 – 2.4610.32–1.830.080–19.58–41.21–2.0511.03–1.780.076
effect delay–110.20–129.06 – 91.339.10–12.11<0.001–84.18–106.52–61.8311.40–7.39<0.001
Response-effect compatibility × effect delay14.182.77 – 25.605.822.440.01510.882.50–18.594.102.570.010
Model
N Subject2423
Observations27913780
Marginal R2/Conditional R20.126/0.1300.111/0.171
Deviance39567.1252181.490

[i] Note: CI indicates the 95% confidence interval and SE refers to standard error.

Converging model Experiment 1: Saccade latency ~ Response-effect compatibility * Effect delay + (Response-effect compatibility || Subject) + (Effect delay || Subject).

Converging model Experiment 2: Saccade latency ~ Response-effect compatibility * Effect delay + (Effect delay || Subject).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.261 | Journal eISSN: 2514-4820
Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 19, 2022
Accepted on: Jan 13, 2023
Published on: Feb 10, 2023
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2023 Florian Gouret, Christina U. Pfeuffer, published by Ubiquity Press
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