Illusory double flashes can speed up responses like physical ones: Evidence from the sound-induced flash illusion

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-119

  Fiedler, Anja ^a   O'Sullivan, Julie L ^a   Schröter, Hannes ^a   Miller, Jeff ^b   Ulrich, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Percept; Redundancy gain; Simple RT; Sound induced flash illusion

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; ILLUSION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SOUND; SOUND INDUCED FLASH ILLUSION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053968251     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2811-z     Document Type: Article

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