Auditory enhancement of visual perception at threshold depends on visual abilities

Brain Research

Volumn 1396, Issue , 2011, Pages 35-44

  Caclin, Anne ^a,b   Bouchet, Patrick ^a,b   Djoulah, Farida ^a,b   Pirat, Elodie ^a,b   Pernier, Jacques ^a,b   Giard, Marie Hélène ^a,b  

^a LYON NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Audiovisual interactions; Collinear facilitation; Detection threshold; Inter individual variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPIA; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTACLES; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957710500     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 00068993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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