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Levitin, D. J., Mathews, M. V., MacLean, K. (1999), "The Perception of Cross-Modal Simultaneity", in Proceedings of International Journal of Computing Anticipatory Systems, Belgium, 1999.
Abstract
One of the oldest questions in experimental psychology
concerns perception of simultaneous events, particularly
when input arrives through different sensory channels
(sight / sound or touch / sound). How far apart in time
must two events be to be perceived as sequential? This
paper reports preliminary data from a cross-modal
simultaneity task designed for ecological validity. Results
indicate a smaller threshold for successiveness than that
found in previous experiments, which used more artificial
tasks. The present findings are relevant to theories of time,
order and perception.
concerns perception of simultaneous events, particularly
when input arrives through different sensory channels
(sight / sound or touch / sound). How far apart in time
must two events be to be perceived as sequential? This
paper reports preliminary data from a cross-modal
simultaneity task designed for ecological validity. Results
indicate a smaller threshold for successiveness than that
found in previous experiments, which used more artificial
tasks. The present findings are relevant to theories of time,
order and perception.
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Year Published
1999