title: Sound-contingent visual motion aftereffect.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  After a prolonged exposure to a paired presentation of different types of signals (e.g., color and motion), one of the signals (color) becomes a driver for the other signal (motion). This phenomenon, which is known as contingent motion aftereffect, indicates that the brain can establish new neural representations even in the adult's brain. However, contingent motion aftereffect has been reported only in visual or auditory domain. Here, we demonstrate that a visual motion aftereffect can be contingent on a specific sound.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Dynamic random dots moving in an alternating right or left direction were presented to the participants. Each direction of motion was accompanied by an auditory tone of a unique and specific frequency. After a 3-minutes exposure, the tones began to exert marked influence on the visual motion perception, and the percentage of dots required to trigger motion perception systematically changed depending on the tones. Furthermore, this effect lasted for at least 2 days.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results indicate that a new neural representation can be rapidly established between auditory and visual modalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Rikkyo University, Niiza-shi, Saitama, 352-8558 Japan. hidaka@rikkyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Souta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hidaka
authors.forename: Wataru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Teramoto
authors.forename: Maori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugita
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D001307:Auditory Perception; D005366:Figural Aftereffect; D006801:Humans; D009039:Motion Perception; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*