Attracting attention to the illusory location of a sound: reflexive crossmodal orienting and ventriloquism.

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Sound localization can be affected by vision; in the ventriloquism effect, sounds that are hard to localize within hearing become mislocalized toward the location of concurrent visual events. Here we tested whether spatial attention is drawn to the illusory location of a ventriloquized sound. The study exploited our previous finding that visual cues do not attract auditory attention. We report an important exception to this rule; auditory attention can be drawn to the location of a visual cue...

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Authors: Spence, C; Driver, J

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Neuroreport
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 2057-2061
• Publication date: 2000-06-01
• DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200006260-00049
• EISSN: 1473-558X
• ISSN: 0959-4965
• Language: English
• Keywords: Adult; Reflex; Illusions; Reaction Time; Vision, Ocular; Sound; Humans; Female; Cues; Orientation; Sound Localization; Attention; Male; Adolescent