Are auditory cues special? Evidence from cross-modal distractor-induced blindness.

ABSTRACT: A target that shares features with preceding distractor stimuli is less likely to be detected due to a distractor-driven activation of a negative attentional set. This transient impairment in perceiving the target (distractor-induced blindness/deafness) can be found within vision and audition. Recently, the phenomenon was observed in a cross-modal setting involving an auditory target and additional task-relevant visual information (cross-modal distractor-induced deafness). In the current study, consisting of three behavioral experiments, a visual target, indicated by an auditory cue, had to be detected despite the presence of visual distractors. Multiple distractors consistently led to reduced target detection if cue and target appeared in close temporal proximity, confirming cross-modal d

SUBMITTER: Kern L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10066119 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature