Title
Poke and pop: Tactile-visual synchrony increases visual saliency
Author
van der Burg, E.
Olivers, C.N.L.
Bronkhorst, A.W.
Theeuwes, J.
TNO Defensie en Veiligheid
Publication year
2009
Abstract
The majority of studies investigating interactions between vision and touch have typically explored single events, presenting one object at a time. The present study investigates how tactile-visual interactions affect competition between multiple visual objects in more dynamic cluttered environments. Participants searched for a horizontal or vertical line segment among distractor line segments of various orientations, all continuously changing color. Search times and search slopes were substantially reduced when the target color change was accompanied by a tactile signal. These benefits were observed even though the tactile signal was uninformative about the location, orientation, or color of the visual target. We conclude that tactile-visual synchrony guides attention in multiple object environments by increasing the saliency of the visual event. © 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Subject
Perception
Attention
Multisensory integration
Pip and pop effect
Touch
Vision
adolescent
adult
article
color vision
environment
eye movement
female
human
male
priority journal
touch
vision
visual orientation
visual stimulation
Adolescent
Analysis of Variance
Attention
Female
Humans
Male
Photic Stimulation
Physical Stimulation
Reaction Time
Task Performance and Analysis
Touch Perception
Visual Perception
Young Adult
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2008.11.002
TNO identifier
181251
ISSN
0304-3940
Source
Neuroscience Letters, 450 (1), 60-64
Document type
article