Audiovisual integration in the McGurk effect is impervious to music training.

ABSTRACT: The McGurk effect refers to an audiovisual speech illusion where the discrepant auditory and visual syllables produce a fused percept between the visual and auditory component. However, little is known about how individual differences contribute to the McGurk effect. Here, we examined whether music training experience-which involves audiovisual integration-can modulate the McGurk effect. Seventy-three participants completed the Goldsmiths Musical Sophistication Index (Gold-MSI) questionnaire to evaluate their music expertise on a continuous scale. Gold-MSI considers participants' daily-life exposure to music learning experiences (formal and informal), instead of merely classifying people into different groups according to how many years they have been trained in music. Participants were in

SUBMITTER: Lee HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10853564 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature