Feeling what you hear: task-irrelevant sounds modulate tactile perception delivered via a touch screen
Several recent studies of crossmodal perception have demonstrated that the presentation of task-irrelevant auditory stimuli can modulate the number of tactile stimuli that a person perceives. In the present study, we attempted to extend these findings concerning audiotactile interactions in human in...
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| description | Several recent studies of crossmodal perception have demonstrated that the presentation of task-irrelevant auditory stimuli can modulate the number of tactile stimuli that a person perceives. In the present study, we attempted to extend these findings concerning audiotactile interactions in human information processing to a touch screen device. Two experiments were conducted in order to address the following research questions: 1) Can the presentation of task-irrelevant sounds be used to modify the perception of the number of tactile pulses delivered via a touch-screen device? 2) Do task-irrelevant auditory stimuli have a more pronounced effect on the tactile perception of numerosity when the task conditions become more attentionally-demanding (i.e., under conditions of dual-tasking)? The results of both experiments demonstrate that the presentation of task-irrelevant sounds can modulate the number of vibrotactile targets that a participant will perceive. What is more, task-irrelevant sounds had a larger effect on tactile perception when the participants had to perform a secondary attention-demanding task at the same time. © 2009 OpenInterface Association. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:07cc8459-94e0-4297-8967-2f524f6728642022-03-26T09:09:32ZFeeling what you hear: task-irrelevant sounds modulate tactile perception delivered via a touch screenJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:07cc8459-94e0-4297-8967-2f524f672864Symplectic Elements at Oxford2008Lee, JSpence, CSeveral recent studies of crossmodal perception have demonstrated that the presentation of task-irrelevant auditory stimuli can modulate the number of tactile stimuli that a person perceives. In the present study, we attempted to extend these findings concerning audiotactile interactions in human information processing to a touch screen device. Two experiments were conducted in order to address the following research questions: 1) Can the presentation of task-irrelevant sounds be used to modify the perception of the number of tactile pulses delivered via a touch-screen device? 2) Do task-irrelevant auditory stimuli have a more pronounced effect on the tactile perception of numerosity when the task conditions become more attentionally-demanding (i.e., under conditions of dual-tasking)? The results of both experiments demonstrate that the presentation of task-irrelevant sounds can modulate the number of vibrotactile targets that a participant will perceive. What is more, task-irrelevant sounds had a larger effect on tactile perception when the participants had to perform a secondary attention-demanding task at the same time. © 2009 OpenInterface Association. |
| spellingShingle | Lee, J Spence, C Feeling what you hear: task-irrelevant sounds modulate tactile perception delivered via a touch screen |
| title | Feeling what you hear: task-irrelevant sounds modulate tactile perception delivered via a touch screen |
| title_full | Feeling what you hear: task-irrelevant sounds modulate tactile perception delivered via a touch screen |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Feeling what you hear: task-irrelevant sounds modulate tactile perception delivered via a touch screen |
| title_short | Feeling what you hear: task-irrelevant sounds modulate tactile perception delivered via a touch screen |
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