An irrelevant light enhances auditory detection in humans: A psychophysical analysis of multisensory integration in stimulus detection

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 447-453

  Lovelace, Christopher T ^a   Stein, Barry E ^b   Wallace, Mark T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Detection; Human; Multisensory; Psychophysics; Visual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0037766722     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(03)00160-5     Document Type: Article

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