“…Secondly, studies that have shown alternation rates to be elevated even when stimulus valence was neutral all showed this effect in clinical populations (Jia et al, 2015(Jia et al, , 2020Vierck et al, 2013;Xiao et al, 2018). Since in all the studied disorders (generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia) psychomotor, as well as cognitive functions, have been shown to be impaired (Etkin et al, 2022;Walther & Morrens, 2015), this is an important potential confound to be considered. However, Jia et al (2015Jia et al ( , 2020 have included catch trial conditions (trials in which both eyes receive the same input and perceptual alternations thus are the veridical percept), to control for potential behavioural differences of reporting current percepts and have not found significant differences between the groups.…”