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Audiovisual looming signals are not always prioritized: evidence from exogenous, endogenous and sustained attention

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The majority of studies showing multisensory attention benefits have focused on brief audiovisual events. Here we examined whether attention benefits can occur for auditory and visual signals that change in synchrony over time. In the first two experiments we found no evidence that attention was captured more by synchronous compared to asynchronous audiovisual and visual looming signals. The results of our third experiment suggested that attention was not preferentially oriented towards synchronous compared to asynchronous audiovisual and visual looming signals. In the fourth experiment, we found no evidence for better sustained attention for synchronous compared to asynchronous audiovisual looming and unisensory signals. Together, these findings indicate that synchronous multisensory looming signals are not always prioritized by our information processing system. Future multisensory research should focus on more conceptual clarity and deepen our understanding of the specific stimulus, task and contextual features affecting the strength and quality of multisensory integration.
Journal: Journal of Cognitive Psychology
ISSN: 2044-5911
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Pages: 282 - 303
Publication year:2021
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BOF-publication weight:0.5
CSS-citation score:1
Authors:International
Authors from:Higher Education
Accessibility:Open