Non-spatial sounds regulate eye movements and enhance visual search

• Published in: Journal of vision (Charlottesville, Va.) Vol. 12; no. 5; p. 2
• Main Authors: Zou, Heng, Müller, Hermann J, Shi, Zhuanghua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2012
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation - methods; Adult; Eye Movements - physiology; Female; Fixation, Ocular; Humans; Male; Motion Perception - physiology; Orientation - physiology; Reaction Time - physiology; Sound; Young Adult

Spatially uninformative sounds can enhance visual search when the sounds are synchronized with color changes of the visual target, a phenomenon referred to as "pip-and-pop" effect (van der Burg, Olivers, Bronkhorst, & Theeuwes, 2008). The present study investigated the relationship of...