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PMID: 16193269 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Simultaneous changes in visual stimulus attributes (such as motion or color) are often perceived to occur at different times, a fact usually attributed to differences in neural processing times of those attributes. However, other studies suggest that perceptual misalignments are not due to stimulus attributes, but to the type of change, first- or second-order. To test whether this idea generalizes across modalities, we studied perceptual synchrony of acoustic and of audiovisual cross-modal stimuli, which varied in a first- or second-order fashion. First-order changes were abrupt changes in tone intensity or frequency (auditory), or spatial position (visual), while second-order changes were an inversion of the direction of change, such as a turning point when a rising tone starts falling or a translating visual blob reverses. For both pure acoustic and cross-modal stimuli, first-order changes were systematically perceived before second-order changes. However, when both changes were first-order, or both were second-order, little or no difference in perceptual delay was found between them, regardless of attribute or modality. This shows that the type of attribute change, as well as latency differences, is a strong determinant of subjective temporal alignments. We also performed an analysis of reaction times (RTs) to the first- and second-order attribute changes used in these temporal alignment experiments. RT differences between these stimuli did not correspond with our temporal alignment data, suggesting that subjective alignments cannot be accounted for by a simple latency-based explanation. |
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Authors:
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Roberto Arrighi; David Alais; David Burr |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2005-09-29 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Experimental brain research. Experimentelle Hirnforschung. Expérimentation cérébrale Volume: 166 ISSN: 0014-4819 ISO Abbreviation: Exp Brain Res Publication Date: 2005 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-10-20 Completed Date: 2006-01-20 Revised Date: 2009-11-11 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0043312 Medline TA: Exp Brain Res Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 445-54 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via S. Niccolò 89, 50125, Firenze, Italy. arrighi@in.cnr.it |
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Acoustic Stimulation Adult Attention / physiology Auditory Perception / physiology* Female Humans Male Photic Stimulation Reaction Time / physiology Time Perception / physiology Visual Perception / physiology* |
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