📌 We also show that eye movements shape alpha/beta activity on a moment-to-moment basis and alpha/beta amplitude reductions can be explained by accumulated eye movements.

Here’s Experiment 1 as an example (5/7):

📌 By manipulating eye movements, we provide causal insights that eye movements drive alpha/beta power reductions (4/7).

📌 When participants attempted fixation, the alpha/beta subsequent memory effect disappeared, while visual exploration continued to modulate alpha/beta power (3/7).

📌 The degree of visual exploration was the consistent and robust modulator of alpha/beta power reductions.

The figure below shows this in Experiment 1 during free viewing. Check out the preprint for consistent findings across all 4 experiments (2/7).