Multisensory integration, aging, and the sound-induced flash illusion

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 802-812

  DeLoss, Denton J ^a   Pierce, Russell S ^a   Andersen, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Audition; Multisensory integration; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLASH ILLUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTISENSORY INTEGRATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; SOUND; STIMULUS; STRENGTH; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884350309     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033289     Document Type: Article

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