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@article{citeulike:6032548, abstract = {When formulating an estimate of event time, the human sensory system has been shown to possess a degree of perceptual flexibility. Specifically, the perceived relative timing of auditory and visual stimuli is, to some extent, a product of recent experience. It has been suggested that this form of sensory recalibration may be peculiar to the audiovisual domain. Here we investigate how adaptation to sensory asynchrony influences the perceived temporal order of audiovisual, audiotactile and visuotactile stimulus pairs. Our data show that a brief period of repeated exposure to asynchrony in any of these sensory pairings results in marked changes in subsequent temporal order judgments: the point of perceived simultaneity shifts toward the level of adaptation asynchrony. We find that the size and nature of this shift is very similar in all three pairings and that sensitivity to asynchrony is unaffected by the adaptation process. In light of these findings we suggest that a single supramodal mechanism may be responsible for the observed recalibration of multisensory perceived time.}, author = {Hanson, James V. and Heron, James and Whitaker, David}, citeulike-article-id = {6032548}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00221-008-1282-3}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18236035}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18236035}, doi = {10.1007/s00221-008-1282-3}, issn = {1432-1106}, journal = {Experimental brain research. Experimentelle Hirnforschung. Exp\'{e}rimentation c\'{e}r\'{e}brale}, keywords = {auditory, haptic, time, timing, visual}, month = {February}, number = {2}, pages = {347--352}, posted-at = {2009-10-29 16:23:45}, priority = {0}, title = {Recalibration of perceived time across sensory modalities.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00221-008-1282-3}, volume = {185}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6032548 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6032548 N2 - When formulating an estimate of event time, the human sensory system has been shown to possess a degree of perceptual flexibility. Specifically, the perceived relative timing of auditory and visual stimuli is, to some extent, a product of recent experience. It has been suggested that this form of sensory recalibration may be peculiar to the audiovisual domain. Here we investigate how adaptation to sensory asynchrony influences the perceived temporal order of audiovisual, audiotactile and visuotactile stimulus pairs. Our data show that a brief period of repeated exposure to asynchrony in any of these sensory pairings results in marked changes in subsequent temporal order judgments: the point of perceived simultaneity shifts toward the level of adaptation asynchrony. We find that the size and nature of this shift is very similar in all three pairings and that sensitivity to asynchrony is unaffected by the adaptation process. In light of these findings we suggest that a single supramodal mechanism may be responsible for the observed recalibration of multisensory perceived time. IS - 2 JF - Experimental brain research. Experimentelle Hirnforschung. Expérimentation cérébrale SN - 1432-1106 EP - 352 TI - Recalibration of perceived time across sensory modalities. VL - 185 SP - 347 KW - auditory KW - haptic KW - time KW - timing KW - visual AU - Hanson, James AU - Heron, James AU - Whitaker, David PY - 2008/02// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00221-008-1282-3 ER -