Benefits of stimulus congruency for multisensory facilitation of visual learning.
BACKGROUND: Studies of perceptual learning have largely focused on unisensory stimuli. However, multisensory interactions are ubiquitous in perception, even at early processing stages, and thus can potentially play a role in learning. Here, we examine the effect of auditory-visual congruency on visu...
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doaj-631e475cbb9947a98e5c2e8a4869ceba2020-11-25T01:47:19ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032008-01-0131e153210.1371/journal.pone.0001532Benefits of stimulus congruency for multisensory facilitation of visual learning.Robyn S KimAaron R SeitzLadan ShamsBACKGROUND: Studies of perceptual learning have largely focused on unisensory stimuli. However, multisensory interactions are ubiquitous in perception, even at early processing stages, and thus can potentially play a role in learning. Here, we examine the effect of auditory-visual congruency on visual learning. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPLE FINDINGS: Subjects were trained over five days on a visual motion coherence detection task with either congruent audiovisual, or incongruent audiovisual stimuli. Comparing performance on visual-only trials, we find that training with congruent audiovisual stimuli produces significantly better learning than training with incongruent audiovisual stimuli or with only visual stimuli. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: This advantage from stimulus congruency during training suggests that the benefits of multisensory training may result from audiovisual interactions at a perceptual rather than cognitive level.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2211398?pdf=render |
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Benefits of stimulus congruency for multisensory facilitation of visual learning. |
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Benefits of stimulus congruency for multisensory facilitation of visual learning. |
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Benefits of stimulus congruency for multisensory facilitation of visual learning. |
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Benefits of stimulus congruency for multisensory facilitation of visual learning. |
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Benefits of stimulus congruency for multisensory facilitation of visual learning. |
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benefits of stimulus congruency for multisensory facilitation of visual learning. |
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BACKGROUND: Studies of perceptual learning have largely focused on unisensory stimuli. However, multisensory interactions are ubiquitous in perception, even at early processing stages, and thus can potentially play a role in learning. Here, we examine the effect of auditory-visual congruency on visual learning. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPLE FINDINGS: Subjects were trained over five days on a visual motion coherence detection task with either congruent audiovisual, or incongruent audiovisual stimuli. Comparing performance on visual-only trials, we find that training with congruent audiovisual stimuli produces significantly better learning than training with incongruent audiovisual stimuli or with only visual stimuli. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: This advantage from stimulus congruency during training suggests that the benefits of multisensory training may result from audiovisual interactions at a perceptual rather than cognitive level. |
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