Horizontal and vertical effects of eye-position on sound localization.
The effect of gaze direction on the localization of sound sources was investigated in the azimuthal and elevational dimension using a pointing task. In both dimensions, eccentric eye-position induced a significant shift in sound localization that was opposite to the direction of eccentricity. This finding is in accordance with the view that the azimuthal and elevational components of the auditory spatial information are processed in common neural substrates.
Lewald
Jörg
J
Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Institute for Occupational Physiology at the University of Dortmund, Ardeystr. 67, D-44139 Dortmund, Germany. joerg.lewald@rub.de
Getzmann
Stephan
S
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009799:Ocular Physiological Phenomena; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D013017:Sound Localization / Q000502:physiology*; D013037:Spatial Behavior; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*