Cross-modal enhancement of perceived brightness: sensory interaction versus response bias |
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Authors: | Odgaard Eric C Arieh Yoav Marks Lawrence E |
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Institution: | John B. Pierce Laboratory, New Haven, Connecticut 06519, USA. eodgaard@jbpierce.org |
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Abstract: | Stein, London, Wilkinson, and Price (1996) reported the presence of cross-modal enhancement of perceived visual intensity: Participants tended to rate weak lights as brighter when accompanied by a concurrent pulse of white noise than when presented alone. In the present study, two methods were used to determine whether the enhancement reflects an early-stage sensory process or a later-stage decisional process, such as a response bias. First, enhancement was eliminated when the noise accompanied the light on only 25% versus 50% of the trials. Second, enhancement was absent when tested with a paired-comparison method. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that the sound-induced enhancement in judgments of brightness reflects a response bias, rather than an early sensory process--that is, enhancement is the result of a relatively late decisional process. |
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