Confidence is higher in touch than in vision in cases of perceptual ambiguity

Abstract The inclination to touch objects that we can see is a surprising behaviour, given that vision often supplies relevant and sufficiently accurate sensory evidence. Here we suggest that this ‘fact-checking’ phenomenon could be explained if touch provides a higher level of perceptual certainty...

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Main Authors: Merle T. Fairhurst, Eoin Travers, Vincent Hayward, Ophelia Deroy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-34052-z