"Acoustical vision" of below threshold stimuli: Interaction among spatially converging audiovisual inputs

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-282

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Ctro Studi Ricerele Neuroscienze C   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crossmodal integration; Perceptual sensitivity; Visual auditory interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12844278622     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-2005-z     Document Type: Article

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