title: Resources required for processing ambiguous complex  features in vision and audition are modality specific.
abstract: Processing multiple complex features to create cohesive representations of objects is an essential aspect of both the visual and auditory systems. It is currently unclear whether these processes are entirely modality specific or whether there are amodal processes that contribute to complex object processing in both vision and audition. We investigated this using a dual-stream target detection task in which two concurrent streams of novel visual or auditory stimuli were presented. We manipulated the degree to which each stream taxed processing conjunctions of complex features. In two experiments, we found that concurrent visual tasks that both taxed conjunctive processing strongly interfered with each other but that concurrent auditory and visual tasks that both taxed conjunctive processing did not. These results suggest that resources for processing conjunctions of complex features within vision and audition are modality specific.
authors.forename: Morgan D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Barense
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Erez
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Rhodri
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cusack
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D001307:Auditory Perception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D046709:Pattern Recognition, Physiological; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011601:Psychophysics; D017603:Signal Detection, Psychological; D014796:Visual Perception; D055815:Young Adult
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