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How prior knowledge prepares perception: Prestimulus oscillations carry perceptual expectations and influence early visual responses

View ORCID ProfileJason Samaha, View ORCID ProfileBastien Boutonnet, View ORCID ProfileGary Lupyan
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/076687
Jason Samaha
1Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison
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Bastien Boutonnet
2Leiden Centre for Research in Linguistics and the Leiden Centre for Brain and Cognition, Leiden University
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1Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison
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Abstract

Reinforcement occurs when hybridization between closely related lineages produces low fitness offspring, prompting selection for elevated reproductive isolation specifically in areas of sympatry. Both pre-mating and post-mating prezygotic behaviors have been shown to be the target of reinforcing selection, but it remains unclear whether remating behaviors experience reinforcement, although they can also influence offspring identity and limit formation of hybrids. Here we evaluated evidence for reinforcing selection on remating behaviors in D. pseudoobscura, by comparing remating traits in females from populations historically allopatric and sympatric with D. persimilis. We found that the propensity to remate was not higher in sympatric females, compared to allopatric females, regardless of whether the first mated male was heterospecific or conspecific. Moreover, remating behavior did not contribute to interspecific reproductive isolation among any population; that is, females showed no higher propensity to remate following a heterospecific first mating than they were following a conspecific first mating. Instead, we found that females are less likely to remate after initial matings with unfamiliar males, regardless of species identity. This is consistent with one scenario of postmating sexual conflict in which females are poorly defended against post- copulatory manipulation by males with whom they have not co-evolved. Our results are generally inconsistent with reinforcement on remating traits, and suggest that this behavior might be more strongly shaped by the consequences of local antagonistic male-female interactions than interactions with heterospecifics.

Significance Statement It is becoming clear that prior knowledge can change what we see, but how is prior knowledge neurally instantiated and at what point during processing does it impact perception? We show that when observers know in advance the meaning of an ambiguous image, posterior alpha-band oscillations increase prior to target onset and visual-evoked potentials show rapid enhancement ~120 ms following the target. Results suggest that alpha is involved in bringing prior knowledge to bear on the interpretation of sensory stimuli, amplifying subsequent responses. These findings have implications for interpreting alpha activity and for predictive processing models of perception. Finally, our results provide a clear instance of knowledge affecting perception, a rejoinder to lingering doubts that perception is shaped by knowledge.

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How prior knowledge prepares perception: Prestimulus oscillations carry perceptual expectations and influence early visual responses
Jason Samaha, Bastien Boutonnet, Gary Lupyan
bioRxiv 076687; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/076687
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How prior knowledge prepares perception: Prestimulus oscillations carry perceptual expectations and influence early visual responses
Jason Samaha, Bastien Boutonnet, Gary Lupyan
bioRxiv 076687; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/076687

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