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EnglishBackground: The duration of sounds can affect the perceived duration of co-occurring visual stimuli. However, it is unclear whether this is limited to amodal processes of duration perception or affects other non-temporal qualities of visual perception. Methodology/Principal Findings: Here, we tested the hypothesis that visual sensitivity - rather than only the perceived duration of visual stimuli - can be affected by the duration of co-occurring sounds. We found that visual detection sensitivity (d') for unimodal stimuli was higher for stimuli of longer duration. Crucially, in a cross-modal condition, we replicated previous unimodal findings, observing that visual sensitivity was shaped by the duration of co-occurring sounds. When short visual stimuli (~24 ms) were accompanied by sounds of matching duration, visual sensitivity was decreased relative to the unimodal visual condition. However, when the same visual stimuli were accompanied by longer auditory stimuli (~60-96 ms), visual sensitivity was increased relative to the performance for ~24 ms auditory stimuli. Across participants, this sensitivity enhancement was observed within a critical time window of ~60-96 ms. Moreover, the amplitude of this effect correlated with visual sensitivity enhancement found for longer lasting visual stimuli across participants. Conclusions/Significance: Our findings show that the duration of co-occurring sounds affects visual perception; it changes visual sensitivity in a similar way as altering the (actual) duration of the visual stimuli does. © 2013 de Haas et al.
| Titolo: | The Duration of a Co-Occurring Sound Modulates Visual Detection Performance in Humans | |
| Autore/i: | de Haas, Benjamin; Cecere, Roberto; Cullen, Harriet; Driver, Jon; Romei, Vincenzo | |
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| Anno: | 2013 | |
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| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054789 | |
| Abstract: | Background: The duration of sounds can affect the perceived duration of co-occurring visual stimuli. However, it is unclear whether this is limited to amodal processes of duration perception or affects other non-temporal qualities of visual perception. Methodology/Principal Findings: Here, we tested the hypothesis that visual sensitivity - rather than only the perceived duration of visual stimuli - can be affected by the duration of co-occurring sounds. We found that visual detection sensitivity (d') for unimodal stimuli was higher for stimuli of longer duration. Crucially, in a cross-modal condition, we replicated previous unimodal findings, observing that visual sensitivity was shaped by the duration of co-occurring sounds. When short visual stimuli (~24 ms) were accompanied by sounds of matching duration, visual sensitivity was decreased relative to the unimodal visual condition. However, when the same visual stimuli were accompanied by longer auditory stimuli (~60-96 ms), visual sensitivity was increased relative to the performance for ~24 ms auditory stimuli. Across participants, this sensitivity enhancement was observed within a critical time window of ~60-96 ms. Moreover, the amplitude of this effect correlated with visual sensitivity enhancement found for longer lasting visual stimuli across participants. Conclusions/Significance: Our findings show that the duration of co-occurring sounds affects visual perception; it changes visual sensitivity in a similar way as altering the (actual) duration of the visual stimuli does. © 2013 de Haas et al. | |
| Data stato definitivo: | 2018-01-15T15:28:57Z | |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.01 Articolo in rivista |
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