TY - JOUR
T1 - The temporal reliability of sound modulates visual detection
T2 - An event-related potential study
AU - Li, Qi
AU - Wu, Yan
AU - Yang, Jingjing
AU - Wu, Jinglong
AU - Touge, Tetsuo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Utilizing the high temporal resolution of event-related potentials (ERPs), we examined the effects of temporal reliability of sounds on visual detection. Significantly faster reaction times to visual target stimuli were observed when reliable temporal information was provided by a task-irrelevant auditory stimulus. Three main ERP components related to the effects of auditory temporal reliability were found: the first at 180-240. ms over a wide central area, the second at 300-400. ms over an anterior area, and the third at 300-380. ms over bilateral temporal areas. Our results support the hypothesis that temporal reliability affects visual detection and indicate that auditory facilitation of visual detection is partly due to spread of attention and thus results from implicit temporal linking of auditory and visual information at a relatively late processing stage.
AB - Utilizing the high temporal resolution of event-related potentials (ERPs), we examined the effects of temporal reliability of sounds on visual detection. Significantly faster reaction times to visual target stimuli were observed when reliable temporal information was provided by a task-irrelevant auditory stimulus. Three main ERP components related to the effects of auditory temporal reliability were found: the first at 180-240. ms over a wide central area, the second at 300-400. ms over an anterior area, and the third at 300-380. ms over bilateral temporal areas. Our results support the hypothesis that temporal reliability affects visual detection and indicate that auditory facilitation of visual detection is partly due to spread of attention and thus results from implicit temporal linking of auditory and visual information at a relatively late processing stage.
KW - Audiovisual interaction
KW - Event-related potentials (ERPs)
KW - Temporal reliability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84910089485&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.10.030
DO - 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.10.030
M3 - Article
C2 - 25449865
AN - SCOPUS:84910089485
SN - 0304-3940
VL - 584
SP - 202
EP - 207
JO - Neuroscience Letters
JF - Neuroscience Letters
ER -