Vertical shifts of visuospatial attention, not (eye) movements, affect auditory pitch discrimination.

ABSTRACT: Preparing an ocular saccade is known to affect not only the perception of various visual features, such as orientation, contrast, and numerosity, but also sound localization. In the present study, we tested whether saccade preparation influences the perception of other auditory features, such as the pitch of a tone played before eye movement. We also examined whether pitch could influence saccade characteristics, as an instance of response compatibility effects. At the beginning of each trial, a visual cue indicated that a disk would appear above or below fixation. Participants were then presented with a tone of varying frequency and were instructed either to make a saccade toward the peripheral disk after the tone ended or to maintain fixation on the center of the screen. Pitch was consis

SUBMITTER: Paire A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12514983 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature