Multisensory integration: frequency tuning of audio-tactile integration.
Multisensory information can be crucial, yet in many circumstances we have little, if any, awareness of the effects of multisensory inputs on what appear to be entirely unisensory perceptions. A recent study shows robust effects of auditory input on tactile frequency discriminations and that this auditory cross-sensory interference has specific tuning.
Foxe
John J
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Program in Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, The City College of the City University of New York, 138th Street and Convent Avenue, NAC Building-Room 7/202, New York, NY 10031, USA. foxe@nki.rfmh.org
D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology*; D055698:Touch Perception / Q000502:physiology*