Visual Motion Interferes with Tactile Motion Perception

• Published in: Perception (London) Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 351 - 367
• Main Author: Craig, James C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2006; Pion
• Subjects: Analysis of Variance; Biological and medical sciences; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Judgment; Male; Motion Perception - physiology; Multimodal perception; Orientation; Perception; Photic Stimulation; Psychological Tests; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Self-Assessment; Tactile perception; Touch - physiology; Vision; Human; Tactile sensitivity; Stimulus movement; Vision; Interference; Perception; Experimental study; Intermodal perception

Previous studies have demonstrated that visual apparent motion can alter the judgment of auditory apparent motion. We investigated the effect of visual apparent motion on judgments of the direction of tactile apparent motion. When visual motion was presented at the same time as, but in a direction o...