Nat Neurosci May 2014 PMID 24686785

Serial dependence in visual perception.

Jason Fischer, David Whitney

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What people are saying

The collective discussions reveal a keen interest and support for understanding how recent visual inputs influence perception, as seen in references to 'serial dependence' and its role in maintaining visual continuity. The tone varies from supportive to inquisitive, with examples like mentioning 'meta-analyses' and 'visual stability,' which highlight the relevance and depth of engagement with the research.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most posts acknowledge the importance of serial dependence in visual perception and support the paper's findings, suggesting a general agreement with the research's conclusions.

InterestHigh interest

Posts show high curiosity and fascination with how visual stimuli influence perception, indicating strong interest in the topic and its implications.

EngagementModerate engagement

Discussions include references to the methods, meta-analyses, and implications, showing participants are engaging thoughtfully with the material.

ImpactModerate impact

The repeated sharing of research articles and references to new insights imply that the discussion values the significance of understanding visual stability and its potential applications.

Abstract in brief

  • The study shows that human visual perception relies on recent visual information, using both past and current input to interpret what we see, which helps maintain a stable view of the world despite noisy or changing visual signals.
  • Even when visual stimuli change randomly, our perception is biased toward recently seen objects, meaning our brains tend to "linger" on what we've just seen, creating a kind of visual continuity.
  • This bias is influenced by attention and is tuned to how close in space and time the stimuli are, suggesting that our brains use a specialized process called a "continuity field" to enhance visual stability over time.]

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Journal of Vision
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New article by Mauro Manassi @MauroManassi, Yuki Murai @ymurai_eng & David Whitney @BerkeleyPsych in the Sequential Effects In Vision https://t.co/zkMjowih18 special issue provides review and meta-analysis of serial dependence in visual perception. https://t.co/5OB9GoNo6s https://t.co/cGZbtLgRGv

Aug 29, 2023 · 14 likes · 3 shares · 2,615 followers View post →
Nature Reviews Psychology
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May 14, 2024 · 11 likes · 1 share · 6,707 followers View post →
Fatima Maria Felisberti
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Serial dependence in visual perception: A review Stimuli seen a moment ago influence what we perceive in the present. Visual system anticipates whether an object seen at one moment is the same as the one seen a moment ago (visual binding). https://t.co/1flJZ1wDQE https://t.co/9rB4Ge3n7A

Sep 30, 2023 · 7 likes · 2 shares · 1,891 followers View post →
Journal of Vision
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Review article https://t.co/ON7JMyJ123 by David Pascucci @David__Pascucci et al. @epfl on serial dependence in visual perception just published in the Sequential Effects in Vision special issue https://t.co/T389RSSg6z https://t.co/wgHLvL9HHb

Jan 17, 2023 · 6 likes · 1 share · 2,615 followers View post →
Nature Reviews Psychology
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Fatima Maria Felisberti
@ffelisberti · X

Review: Serial dependence in visual perception: A meta-analysis and review. Serial dependencies also referred to as: priming, sequential dependencies, sequential effects, or serial effects. https://t.co/GoBQ5eLLOd https://t.co/H9p9PLxeEt

Sep 30, 2023 · 3 likes · 2 shares · 1,891 followers View post →

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Nature Reviews Psychology
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Nature Reviews Psychology
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Caesar Ekya
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RT @ffelisberti: Serial dependence in visual perception: A review Stimuli seen a moment ago influence what we perceive in the present. V…

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Fatima Maria Felisberti
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Serial dependence in visual perception: A review Stimuli seen a moment ago influence what we perceive in the present. Visual system anticipates whether an object seen at one moment is the same as the one seen a moment ago (visual binding). https://t.co/1flJZ1wDQE https://t.co/9rB4Ge3n7A

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Hywel Nicholas Arnold
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RT @ffelisberti: Review: Serial dependence in visual perception: A meta-analysis and review. Serial dependencies also referred to as: pri…

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Fatima Maria Felisberti
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Review: Serial dependence in visual perception: A meta-analysis and review. Serial dependencies also referred to as: priming, sequential dependencies, sequential effects, or serial effects. https://t.co/GoBQ5eLLOd https://t.co/H9p9PLxeEt

Sep 30, 2023 · 3 likes · 2 shares · 1,891 followers View post →
Mauro Manassi
@MauroManassi · X

Thanks to co-authors @ymurai_eng and David Whitney, and to @abdnpsych, @BerkeleyPsych, and @NICT_Publicity for being such great research environments! "Serial dependence in visual perception: A meta-analysis and review" is available at https://t.co/0FkA7hH0FX 9/9

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Bianca Baltaretu, PhD
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RT @ARVOJOV: New article by Mauro Manassi @MauroManassi, Yuki Murai @ymurai_eng & David Whitney @BerkeleyPsych in the Sequential Effects In…

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Steve Haroz
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RT @ARVOJOV: New article by Mauro Manassi @MauroManassi, Yuki Murai @ymurai_eng & David Whitney @BerkeleyPsych in the Sequential Effects In…

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Journal of Vision
@ARVOJOV · X

New article by Mauro Manassi @MauroManassi, Yuki Murai @ymurai_eng & David Whitney @BerkeleyPsych in the Sequential Effects In Vision https://t.co/zkMjowih18 special issue provides review and meta-analysis of serial dependence in visual perception. https://t.co/5OB9GoNo6s https://t.co/cGZbtLgRGv

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DavidPascucci
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RT @ARVOJOV: Review article https://t.co/ON7JMyJ123 by David Pascucci @David__Pascucci et al. @epfl on serial dependence in visual percepti…

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Journal of Vision
@ARVOJOV · X

Review article https://t.co/ON7JMyJ123 by David Pascucci @David__Pascucci et al. @epfl on serial dependence in visual perception just published in the Sequential Effects in Vision special issue https://t.co/T389RSSg6z https://t.co/wgHLvL9HHb

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Anonyme,Apophasis
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Your reality is 15 seconds in the making https://t.co/AFuV3Zzpzp Serial dependence in visual perception - Fischer_Whitney_NN_2014r.pdf https://t.co/H2l5SOMN7l

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bluesky
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Eric Oyen
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RT @seeingwithsound: (2014) Brain '15-second delay' shields us from hallucinogenic experience https://t.co/Gl5g89etWF Serial dependence in…

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The vOICe vision BCI
@seeingwithsound · X

(2014) Brain '15-second delay' shields us from hallucinogenic experience https://t.co/Gl5g89etWF Serial dependence in visual perception https://t.co/XpzWn5dYcv

Oct 22, 2021 · 1 share · 3,736 followers View post →
The vOICe vision BCI
@seeingwithsound.bsky.social · Bluesky

(2014) Brain '15-second delay' shields us from hallucinogenic experience https://www.rt.com/news/brain-neuroscience-visual-information-709/ Serial dependence in visual perception https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4012025/

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Ryoichi WATANABE, PhD.
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Serial dependence in visual perception https://t.co/Xq9weRk7LM

Jun 24, 2021 · 2 likes · 4,150 followers View post →
Joey Saito
@jsaito25 · X

@JulioMTNeuro There’s a decent amount of work showing that WM is efficient at limiting proactive interference from LTM. However, serial dependence in visual perception seems to reflect a unique situation where the immediate past automatically biases the current focus of attention...

Dec 29, 2020 · 1 like · 663 followers View post →
Abdelrahman ElDiasty
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@BassantAyman4 Look up “Serial dependence in visual perception”

Oct 12, 2019 · 109 followers View post →
The vOICe vision BCI
@seeingwithsound.bsky.social · Bluesky

(PDF) Serial dependence in visual perception https://whitneylab.berkeley.edu/PDFs/Fischer_Whitney_NN_2014.pdf "perceived orientation was strongly and systematically attracted toward orientations seen over the last several seconds", modulated by attention and spatially tuned

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The vOICe vision BCI
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(PDF) Serial dependence in visual perception https://t.co/H5w3j3vQfa "perceived orientation was strongly and systematically attracted toward orientations seen over the last several seconds", modulated by attention and spatially tuned

Feb 2, 2019 · 1 like · 3,736 followers View post →