Early- and late-onset blindness both curb audiotactile integration on the parchment-skin illusion

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-25

  Champoux, Franöois ^a,b   Collignon, Olivier ^c,d   Bacon, Benoit A ^c,e   Lepore, Franco ^c   Zatorre, Robert J ^a,b   Théoret, Hugo ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

audiotactile interaction; blindness; multisensory integration; parchment skin illusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLINDNESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKIN; STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 78951489174     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610391099     Document Type: Article

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