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Int J Psychophysiol. 2003 Oct;50(1-2):117-24. doi: 10.1016/s0167-8760(03)00128-4.

Audio-visual integration in temporal perception

Yuji Wada  1 , Norimichi Kitagawa, Kaoru Noguchi

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PMID: 14511840 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8760(03)00128-4

Abstract
In situations of audio-visual interaction, research has generally found that audition prevails over vision
in temporal perception, while vision is dominant over audition for spatial perception. Modality
appropriateness to a given task generally determines the direction of this inter-modality effect.
However, we found a reverse effect in some situations where a change in the frequency of visual
stimuli was associated with a perceived change in the frequency of auditory stimuli. In our experiment,
12 participants were asked to judge the change in the frequency of visual and auditory stimuli using a
visual flicker and auditory flutter stimuli. In some conditions either the auditory or the visual
information was ambiguous. In addition to confirming the expected finding that a change in the
frequency of the auditory stimuli induced a perceived change in the frequency of the visual stimuli, we
found a new phenomenon. When ambiguous auditory temporal cues were presented, the change in
the frequency of the visual stimuli was associated with a perceived change in the frequency of the
auditory stimuli. This suggests that cross-modal asymmetry effects are influenced by the reliability of
visual and auditory information as well as modality appropriateness.

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