Sound enhances visual perception: Cross-modal effects of auditory organization on vision

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1583-1590

  Vroomen, Jean ^a   De Gelder, Beatrice ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; VISION;

HUMANS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034303199     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.26.5.1583     Document Type: Article

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