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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Saccadic and Pupillary Response As Biobehavioral Markers in a Perceptual Organization Task

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Biological/Neuroscience

  • Peter Gordon
    Columbia University
  • Daniel Kurylo
    Brooklyn College, CUNY
  • Jean Ee Tang
    Columbia University
  • Lingwei Ouyang
    Columbia University
  • Anh Le
    Columbia University
  • Cosku Arslanbogan
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Yanbin Niu
    Columbia University
  • Fan Shen
    Columbia University
  • Mike LeDuc
    Columbia University
  • Jiawen Long
    Columbia University
  • Kaiqi Zhang
    Columbia University Teachers College & San Francisco VA Medical Center
  • Sehr Malik
    Columbia University
  • Timothy Wilkerson
    Columbia University
  • Nicole Milani
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Evelyn Alkin
    Columbia University
  • Richard Waxman
    Touro College

Abstract

We conducted a perceptual organization task requiring detection of horizontal vs. vertical organization of elements in a 20x20 array, with 100, 90, 80, or 70% coherence. Eye tracking and pupilometry were employed as biomarkers of performance. Percent organization was correlated with pupil dilation and amount of horizontal saccades by participants.

Perception