Hand proximity facilitates spatial discrimination of auditory tones

Hand proximity facilitates spatial discrimination of auditory tones

The effect of hand proximity on vision and visual attention has been well documented. In this study we tested whether such effect(s) would also be present in the auditory modality. With hands placed either near or away from the audio sources, participants performed an auditory-spatial discrimination...

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Main Authors: Philip eTseng, Jiaxin eYu, Ovid eTzeng, Daisy eHung, Chi-Hung eJuan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Embodied Cognition
perception and action
peripersonal space
nearby-hands facilitation
hand-altered vision
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00527/full

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