Sound enhances detection of visual target during infancy: A study using illusory contours

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-322

  Wada, Yuji ^a   Shirai, Nobu ^b,c   Otsuka, Yumiko ^c,d   Midorikawa, Akira ^e   Kanazawa, So ^f   Dan, Ippeita ^a   Yamaguchi, Masami K ^e,g  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Japan Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

Author keywords

Audio visual enhancement; Human development; Illusory contours; Infant perception; Multisensory perception; Visual detection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEARING; HUMAN; ILLUSION; INFANT; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SOUND; VISION;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; INFANT; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOUND; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 60249103501     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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