The influence of auditory stimulation on a visual oblique effect.

S. Johnstone*, P. Wenderoth

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    Abstract

    It has previously been reported by Smets that there is an increase in the magnitude of the monocular oblique effect when a 70 dB(A), 1 kHz acoustic stimulus is presented contralaterally, but not ipsilaterally, to the viewing eye. This finding was interpreted as one which provided difficulties both for data-driven models of information processing and for the cortical simple cell explanation of the oblique effect. There are several logical and methodological difficulties in Smets's paper, and in the two experiments reported here the effect found by Smets was not replicated. The failure to observe the effect was robust under conditions that maximised the possibility of neural interaction. It is concluded that acoustic stimulation does not affect the magnitude of the oblique effect.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)161-174
    Number of pages14
    JournalPerception
    Volume16
    Issue number2
    Publication statusPublished - 1987

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