Effects of Spatial and Selective Attention on Basic Multisensory Integration

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1887-1897

  Gondan, Matthias ^a,b   Blurton, Steven P ^a   Hughes, Flavia ^a   Greenlee, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Multisensory processes; Selective attention; Spatial attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83055176939     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025635     Document Type: Article

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