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Unimodal and crossmodal effects of endogenous attention to visual and auditory motion.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15460929     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Three experiments were conducted examining unimodal and crossmodal effects of attention to motion. Horizontally moving sounds and dot patterns were presented and participants' task was to discriminate their motion speed or whether they were presented with a brief gap. In Experiments 1 and 2, stimuli of one modality and of one direction were presented with a higher probability (p = .7) than other stimuli. Sounds and dot patterns moving in the expected direction were discriminated faster than stimuli moving in the unexpected direction. In Experiment 3, participants had to respond only to stimuli moving in one direction within the primary modality, but to all stimuli regardless of their direction within the rarer secondary modality. Stimuli of the secondary modality moving in the attended direction were discriminated faster than were oppositely moving stimuli. Results suggest that attending to the direction of motion affects perception within vision and audition, but also across modalities.
Authors:
Anton L Beer; Brigitte Röder
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience     Volume:  4     ISSN:  1530-7026     ISO Abbreviation:  Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci     Publication Date:  2004 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-10-05     Completed Date:  2004-12-02     Revised Date:  2011-02-24    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101083946     Medline TA:  Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  230-40     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany. beer@staff.uni-marburg.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Attention
Auditory Perception*
Discrimination (Psychology)
Humans
Motion Perception
Reaction Time
Space Perception
Visual Fields
Visual Perception*

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