On asymmetries in cross-modal spatial attention orienting. Export

@article{citeulike:5432724, abstract = {In a previous study, Ward (1994) reported that spatially uninformative visual cues orient auditory attention but that spatially uninformative auditory cues fail to orient visual attention. This cross-modal asymmetry is consistent with other intersensory perceptual phenomena that are dominated by the visual modality (e.g., ventriloquism). However, Spence and Driver (1997) found exactly the opposite asymmetry under different experimental conditions and with a different task. In spite of the several differences between the two studies, Spence and Driver (see also Driver \& Spence, 1998) argued that Ward's findings might have arisen from response-priming effects, and that the cross-modal asymmetry they themselves reported, in which auditory cues affect responses to visual targets but not vice versa, is in fact the correct result. The present study investigated cross-modal interactions in stimulus-driven spatial attention orienting under Ward's complex cue environment conditions using an experimental procedure that eliminates response-priming artifacts. The results demonstrate that the cross-modal asymmetry reported by Ward (1994) does occur when the cue environment is complex. We argue that strategic effects in cross-modal stimulus-driven orienting of attention are responsible for the opposite asymmetries found by Ward and by Spence and Driver (1997).}, author = {Ward, L. M. and McDonald, J. J. and Lin, D.}, citeulike-article-id = {5432724}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11019621}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11019621}, issn = {0031-5117}, journal = {Perception \& psychophysics}, keywords = {auditory\_perception, comps, crossmodal\_attention, crossmodal\_priming, cuing, space, spatial\_based\_attention, vision}, month = {August}, number = {6}, pages = {1258--1264}, posted-at = {2009-08-13 16:48:04}, priority = {0}, title = {On asymmetries in cross-modal spatial attention orienting.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11019621}, volume = {62}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5432724 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5432724 N2 - In a previous study, Ward (1994) reported that spatially uninformative visual cues orient auditory attention but that spatially uninformative auditory cues fail to orient visual attention. This cross-modal asymmetry is consistent with other intersensory perceptual phenomena that are dominated by the visual modality (e.g., ventriloquism). However, Spence and Driver (1997) found exactly the opposite asymmetry under different experimental conditions and with a different task. In spite of the several differences between the two studies, Spence and Driver (see also Driver & Spence, 1998) argued that Ward's findings might have arisen from response-priming effects, and that the cross-modal asymmetry they themselves reported, in which auditory cues affect responses to visual targets but not vice versa, is in fact the correct result. The present study investigated cross-modal interactions in stimulus-driven spatial attention orienting under Ward's complex cue environment conditions using an experimental procedure that eliminates response-priming artifacts. The results demonstrate that the cross-modal asymmetry reported by Ward (1994) does occur when the cue environment is complex. We argue that strategic effects in cross-modal stimulus-driven orienting of attention are responsible for the opposite asymmetries found by Ward and by Spence and Driver (1997). IS - 6 JF - Perception & psychophysics SN - 0031-5117 EP - 1264 TI - On asymmetries in cross-modal spatial attention orienting. VL - 62 SP - 1258 KW - auditory_perception KW - comps KW - crossmodal_attention KW - crossmodal_priming KW - cuing KW - space KW - spatial_based_attention KW - vision AU - Ward, LM AU - McDonald, JJ AU - Lin, D PY - 2000/08// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11019621 ER -