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<p>Postdiction is a perceptual phenomenon where the perception of an earlier stimulus is influenced by a later one. This effect is commonly studied using the ‘rabbit illusion’, in which temporally regular, but spatially irregular, stimuli are perceived as equidistant. While previous research has focused on short inter-stimulus intervals (100–200&#xa0;ms), the role of longer intervals, which may engage late attentional processes, remains unexplored. This study investigates whether postdiction is purely perceptual or also involves attentional mechanisms by using visual stimuli separated by extended intervals. 33 participants (17 females) were assigned to two experimental groups with two different temporal inter-flash intervals (IFI) between stimuli (250&#xa0;ms: 250-IFI group; 500&#xa0;ms: 500-IFI). Two stimulation protocols of active transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) and one control condition were tested on the left precuneus/inferior parietal gyrus: (i) transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) at the individual alpha frequency (IAF) (IAF-tACS); (ii) transcranial random noise stimulation across the whole alpha band (i.e., 8–12&#xa0;Hz, Alpha-tRNS) and (iii) a placebo (Sham) stimulation. The postdiction phenomenon was observable in both experimental groups. The participants in the 500-IFI group demonstrated enhanced performance in detecting the illusion during the rabbit illusion task when IAF-tACS was applied. The behavioral results suggest that attentional functions, beyond perceptual ones, play a key role in the postdiction phenomenon.</p>

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Individual alpha frequency tACS modifies the detection of space–time optical illusion

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    2025年9月9日

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  • Francesco Neri,
  • Vincenzo Catrambone,
  • Alessandra Cinti,
  • Adriano Scoccia,
  • Alberto Benelli,
  • Sara Romanella,
  • Laetitia Grabot,
  • Gaetano Valenza,
  • Carmelo Luca Smeralda,
  • Emiliano Santarnecchi,
  • Virginie van Wassenhove,
  • Simone Rossi

摘要

Postdiction is a perceptual phenomenon where the perception of an earlier stimulus is influenced by a later one. This effect is commonly studied using the ‘rabbit illusion’, in which temporally regular, but spatially irregular, stimuli are perceived as equidistant. While previous research has focused on short inter-stimulus intervals (100–200 ms), the role of longer intervals, which may engage late attentional processes, remains unexplored. This study investigates whether postdiction is purely perceptual or also involves attentional mechanisms by using visual stimuli separated by extended intervals. 33 participants (17 females) were assigned to two experimental groups with two different temporal inter-flash intervals (IFI) between stimuli (250 ms: 250-IFI group; 500 ms: 500-IFI). Two stimulation protocols of active transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) and one control condition were tested on the left precuneus/inferior parietal gyrus: (i) transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) at the individual alpha frequency (IAF) (IAF-tACS); (ii) transcranial random noise stimulation across the whole alpha band (i.e., 8–12 Hz, Alpha-tRNS) and (iii) a placebo (Sham) stimulation. The postdiction phenomenon was observable in both experimental groups. The participants in the 500-IFI group demonstrated enhanced performance in detecting the illusion during the rabbit illusion task when IAF-tACS was applied. The behavioral results suggest that attentional functions, beyond perceptual ones, play a key role in the postdiction phenomenon.