Visual Distractors Disrupt Audiovisual Integration Regardless of Stimulus Complexity.

ABSTRACT: The intricate relationship between multisensory integration and attention has been extensively researched in the multisensory field; however, the necessity of attention for the binding of multisensory stimuli remains contested. In the current study, we investigated whether diverting attention from well-known multisensory tasks would disrupt integration and whether the complexity of the stimulus and task modulated this interaction. A secondary objective of this study was to investigate individual differences in the interaction of attention and multisensory integration. Participants completed a simple audiovisual speeded detection task and McGurk task under various perceptual load conditions: no load (multisensory task while visual distractors present), low load (multisensory task while dete

SUBMITTER: Gibney KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5247431 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature