Ventriloquist Effect Results from Near-Optimal Bimodal Integration

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-262

  Alais, David ^a,b   Burr, David ^a,c  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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EID: 1242288384     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(04)00043-0     Document Type: Article

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