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Temporal auditory capture does not affect the time course of saccadic mislocalization of visual stimuli.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20462308     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Irrelevant sounds can "capture" visual stimuli to change their apparent timing, a phenomenon sometimes termed "temporal ventriloquism". Here we ask whether this auditory capture can alter the time course of spatial mislocalization of visual stimuli during saccades. We first show that during saccades, sounds affect the apparent timing of visual flashes, even more strongly than during fixation. However, this capture does not affect the dynamics of perisaccadic visual distortions. Sounds presented 50 ms before or after a visual bar (that change perceived timing of the bars by more than 40 ms) had no measurable effect on the time courses of spatial mislocalization of the bars, in four subjects. Control studies showed that with barely visible, low-contrast stimuli, leading, but not trailing, sounds can have a small effect on mislocalization, most likely attributable to attentional effects rather than auditory capture. These findings support previous studies showing that integration of multisensory information occurs at a relatively late stage of sensory processing, after visual representations have undergone the distortions induced by saccades.
Authors:
Paola Binda; M Concetta Morrone; David C Burr
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-02-11
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of vision     Volume:  10     ISSN:  1534-7362     ISO Abbreviation:  J Vis     Publication Date:  2010  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-13     Completed Date:  2010-08-13     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101147197     Medline TA:  J Vis     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  7.1-13     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy. p.binda1@in.cnr.it
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acoustic Stimulation / methods
Attention / physiology
Humans
Models, Neurological
Perceptual Masking / physiology*
Photic Stimulation / methods
Saccades / physiology*
Sound Localization / physiology*
Space Perception / physiology*
Time Perception / physiology*

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