The ventriloquist effect does not depend on the direction of deliberate visual attention

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 321-332

  Bertelson, Paul ^a,b,d   Vroomen, Jean ^b   De Gelder, Béatrice ^a,b   Driver, Jon ^c  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND DETECTION; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SOUND LOCALIZATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034134173     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03205552     Document Type: Article

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