Visual features are processed before navigational affordances in the human brain

Abstract To navigate through their immediate environment humans process scene information rapidly. How does the cascade of neural processing elicited by scene viewing to facilitate navigational planning unfold over time? To investigate, we recorded human brain responses to visual scenes with electro...

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Main Authors: Kshitij Dwivedi, Sari Sadiya, Marta P. Balode, Gemma Roig, Radoslaw M. Cichy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55652-y
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Sari Sadiya
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description Abstract To navigate through their immediate environment humans process scene information rapidly. How does the cascade of neural processing elicited by scene viewing to facilitate navigational planning unfold over time? To investigate, we recorded human brain responses to visual scenes with electroencephalography and related those to computational models that operationalize three aspects of scene processing (2D, 3D, and semantic information), as well as to a behavioral model capturing navigational affordances. We found a temporal processing hierarchy: navigational affordance is processed later than the other scene features (2D, 3D, and semantic) investigated. This reveals the temporal order with which the human brain computes complex scene information and suggests that the brain leverages these pieces of information to plan navigation.
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spelling doaj.art-e6365c9d9d6f40e696f4fbdae3fd5bdb2024-03-10T12:09:38ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-03-011411710.1038/s41598-024-55652-yVisual features are processed before navigational affordances in the human brainKshitij Dwivedi0Sari Sadiya1Marta P. Balode2Gemma Roig3Radoslaw M. Cichy4Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität BerlinDepartment of Computer Science, Goethe University FrankfurtDepartment of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität BerlinDepartment of Computer Science, Goethe University FrankfurtDepartment of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität BerlinAbstract To navigate through their immediate environment humans process scene information rapidly. How does the cascade of neural processing elicited by scene viewing to facilitate navigational planning unfold over time? To investigate, we recorded human brain responses to visual scenes with electroencephalography and related those to computational models that operationalize three aspects of scene processing (2D, 3D, and semantic information), as well as to a behavioral model capturing navigational affordances. We found a temporal processing hierarchy: navigational affordance is processed later than the other scene features (2D, 3D, and semantic) investigated. This reveals the temporal order with which the human brain computes complex scene information and suggests that the brain leverages these pieces of information to plan navigation.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55652-y
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Visual features are processed before navigational affordances in the human brain
Scientific Reports
title Visual features are processed before navigational affordances in the human brain
title_full Visual features are processed before navigational affordances in the human brain
title_fullStr Visual features are processed before navigational affordances in the human brain
title_full_unstemmed Visual features are processed before navigational affordances in the human brain
title_short Visual features are processed before navigational affordances in the human brain
title_sort visual features are processed before navigational affordances in the human brain
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