Tactile recalibration of auditory spatial representations.

Journal article

In the well-known spatial ventriloquism effect, auditory stimuli are mislocalized towards the location of synchronous but spatially disparate visual stimuli. Recent studies have demonstrated a similar influence of tactile stimuli on auditory localization, which predominantly operates in an external coordinate system. Here, we investigated whether this audio-tactile ventriloquist illusion leads to comparable aftereffects in the perception of auditory space as have been observed previously for ...

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Authors: Bruns, P; Spence, C; Röder, B

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Experimental brain research
• Volume: 209
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 333-344
• Publication date: 2011-03-01
• DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2543-0
• EISSN: 1432-1106
• ISSN: 0014-4819
• Language: English
• Keywords: Illusions; Psychoacoustics; Acoustic Stimulation; Humans; Young Adult; Auditory Perception; Adult; Judgment; Female; Male; Functional Laterality; Touch; Analysis of Variance; Reaction Time; Physical Stimulation; Sound Localization