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Visual Distractors Disrupt Audiovisual Integration Regardless of Stimulus Complexity
The intricate relationship between multisensory integration and attention has been extensively researched in the multisensory field; however, the necessity of attention for the binding of multisensory stimuli remains contested. In the current study, we investigated whether diverting attention from w...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5247431/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28163675 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2017.00001 |
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author | Gibney, Kyla D. Aligbe, Enimielen Eggleston, Brady A. Nunes, Sarah R. Kerkhoff, Willa G. Dean, Cassandra L. Kwakye, Leslie D. |
author_facet | Gibney, Kyla D. Aligbe, Enimielen Eggleston, Brady A. Nunes, Sarah R. Kerkhoff, Willa G. Dean, Cassandra L. Kwakye, Leslie D. |
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description | The intricate relationship between multisensory integration and attention has been extensively researched in the multisensory field; however, the necessity of attention for the binding of multisensory stimuli remains contested. In the current study, we investigated whether diverting attention from well-known multisensory tasks would disrupt integration and whether the complexity of the stimulus and task modulated this interaction. A secondary objective of this study was to investigate individual differences in the interaction of attention and multisensory integration. Participants completed a simple audiovisual speeded detection task and McGurk task under various perceptual load conditions: no load (multisensory task while visual distractors present), low load (multisensory task while detecting the presence of a yellow letter in the visual distractors), and high load (multisensory task while detecting the presence of a number in the visual distractors). Consistent with prior studies, we found that increased perceptual load led to decreased reports of the McGurk illusion, thus confirming the necessity of attention for the integration of speech stimuli. Although increased perceptual load led to longer response times for all stimuli in the speeded detection task, participants responded faster on multisensory trials than unisensory trials. However, the increase in multisensory response times violated the race model for no and low perceptual load conditions only. Additionally, a geometric measure of Miller’s inequality showed a decrease in multisensory integration for the speeded detection task with increasing perceptual load. Surprisingly, we found diverging changes in multisensory integration with increasing load for participants who did not show integration for the no load condition: no changes in integration for the McGurk task with increasing load but increases in integration for the detection task. The results of this study indicate that attention plays a crucial role in multisensory integration for both highly complex and simple multisensory tasks and that attention may interact differently with multisensory processing in individuals who do not strongly integrate multisensory information. |
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spelling | pubmed-52474312017-02-03 Visual Distractors Disrupt Audiovisual Integration Regardless of Stimulus Complexity Gibney, Kyla D. Aligbe, Enimielen Eggleston, Brady A. Nunes, Sarah R. Kerkhoff, Willa G. Dean, Cassandra L. Kwakye, Leslie D. Front Integr Neurosci Neuroscience The intricate relationship between multisensory integration and attention has been extensively researched in the multisensory field; however, the necessity of attention for the binding of multisensory stimuli remains contested. In the current study, we investigated whether diverting attention from well-known multisensory tasks would disrupt integration and whether the complexity of the stimulus and task modulated this interaction. A secondary objective of this study was to investigate individual differences in the interaction of attention and multisensory integration. Participants completed a simple audiovisual speeded detection task and McGurk task under various perceptual load conditions: no load (multisensory task while visual distractors present), low load (multisensory task while detecting the presence of a yellow letter in the visual distractors), and high load (multisensory task while detecting the presence of a number in the visual distractors). Consistent with prior studies, we found that increased perceptual load led to decreased reports of the McGurk illusion, thus confirming the necessity of attention for the integration of speech stimuli. Although increased perceptual load led to longer response times for all stimuli in the speeded detection task, participants responded faster on multisensory trials than unisensory trials. However, the increase in multisensory response times violated the race model for no and low perceptual load conditions only. Additionally, a geometric measure of Miller’s inequality showed a decrease in multisensory integration for the speeded detection task with increasing perceptual load. Surprisingly, we found diverging changes in multisensory integration with increasing load for participants who did not show integration for the no load condition: no changes in integration for the McGurk task with increasing load but increases in integration for the detection task. The results of this study indicate that attention plays a crucial role in multisensory integration for both highly complex and simple multisensory tasks and that attention may interact differently with multisensory processing in individuals who do not strongly integrate multisensory information. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5247431/ /pubmed/28163675 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2017.00001 Text en Copyright © 2017 Gibney, Aligbe, Eggleston, Nunes, Kerkhoff, Dean and Kwakye. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Neuroscience Gibney, Kyla D. Aligbe, Enimielen Eggleston, Brady A. Nunes, Sarah R. Kerkhoff, Willa G. Dean, Cassandra L. Kwakye, Leslie D. Visual Distractors Disrupt Audiovisual Integration Regardless of Stimulus Complexity |
title | Visual Distractors Disrupt Audiovisual Integration Regardless of Stimulus Complexity |
title_full | Visual Distractors Disrupt Audiovisual Integration Regardless of Stimulus Complexity |
title_fullStr | Visual Distractors Disrupt Audiovisual Integration Regardless of Stimulus Complexity |
title_full_unstemmed | Visual Distractors Disrupt Audiovisual Integration Regardless of Stimulus Complexity |
title_short | Visual Distractors Disrupt Audiovisual Integration Regardless of Stimulus Complexity |
title_sort | visual distractors disrupt audiovisual integration regardless of stimulus complexity |
topic | Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5247431/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28163675 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2017.00001 |
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