Enhancement of visual perception by crossmodal visuo-auditory interaction

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 332-343

  Frassinetti, Francesca ^a,b   Bolognini, Nadia ^a,b   Làdavas, Elisabetta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Centro Studi e Ricerche in Neuroscienze Cognitive   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crossmodal integration; Perceptual sensitivity; Visual acoustic interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036431699     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1262-y     Document Type: Article

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