Task demands and visual context naturalness modulate gravitational expectation during ocular tracking of temporarily occluded ballistic trajectories

Sergio Delle Monache; Pietro Nastasi; Gianluca Paolocci; Francesco Scalici; Riccardo Ingrosso; Francesco Lacquaniti; Iole Indovina; Gianfranco Bosco

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0328432

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Task demands and visual context naturalness modulate gravitational expectation during ocular tracking of temporarily occluded ballistic trajectories

Sergio Delle Monache ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: sergio.dellemonache@uniroma2.it

Affiliations Laboratory of Neuromotor Physiology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy, Department of Systems Medicine and Centre of Space Bio-medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4210-2545

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Pietro Nastasi,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Systems Medicine and Centre of Space Bio-medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Gianluca Paolocci,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical, Surgical and Technological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Francesco Scalici,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratory of Neuromotor Physiology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy, Department of Systems Medicine and Centre of Space Bio-medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Riccardo Ingrosso,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Systems Medicine and Centre of Space Bio-medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Francesco Lacquaniti,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Laboratory of Neuromotor Physiology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy, Department of Systems Medicine and Centre of Space Bio-medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Iole Indovina,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratory of Neuromotor Physiology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy, Department of Systems Medicine and Centre of Space Bio-medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Gianfranco Bosco

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Laboratory of Neuromotor Physiology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy, Department of Systems Medicine and Centre of Space Bio-medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Task demands and visual context naturalness modulate gravitational expectation during ocular tracking of temporarily occluded ballistic trajectories

Sergio Delle Monache,
Pietro Nastasi,
Gianluca Paolocci,
Francesco Scalici,
Riccardo Ingrosso,
Francesco Lacquaniti,
Iole Indovina,
Gianfranco Bosco

Published: June 3, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328432

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