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Code for: Higher-order cognition does NOT modulate multisensory distractor processing

msf_av_mirror2.py; util.py

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Merz, Simon
Jensen, Anne
Burau, Charlotte
Spence, Charles
Frings, Christian

Other kind(s) of contributor

University of Trier

Abstract / Description

Multisensory processing is required for the perception of the majority of everyday objects and events. In the case of irrelevant stimuli, the multisensory processing of features is widely assumed to be modulated by attention. In the present study, we investigated whether the processing of audiovisual distractors is also modulated by higher-order cognition. Participants fixated a visual distractor viewed via a centrally-placed mirror and responded to a laterally-presented audiovisual target. Critically, a distractor tone was presented from the same location as the mirror, while the visual distractor feature was presented at an occluded location, visible only indirectly via mirror reflection. Consequently, it appeared as though the visual and auditory features were presented from the same location though, in fact, they actually originated from different locations. Nevertheless, the results still revealed that the visual and auditory distractor features were processed together just as in the control condition, in which the audiovisual distractor features were both actually presented from fixation. Taken together, these results suggest that the processing of irrelevant multisensory information is not influenced by higher-order cognition.
Code for: Merz, S., Jensen, A., Burau, C., Spence, C., & Frings, C. (2020). Higher-Order Cognition Does Not Affect Multisensory Distractor Processing. Multisensory Research, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1163/22134808-bja10013

Keyword(s)

Multisensory perception multisensory selection distractor processing higher-order cognition FFR

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Date of first publication

2020

Publisher

PsychArchives

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Merz, S., Jensen, A., Burau, C., Spence, C., & Frings, C. (2020). Code for: Higher-order cognition does NOT modulate multisensory distractor processing. PsychArchives. https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.2689
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Merz, Simon
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Jensen, Anne
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Burau, Charlotte
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Spence, Charles
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Frings, Christian
  • Other kind(s) of contributor
    University of Trier
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  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2020-01-09T14:13:51Z
  • Made available on
    2020-01-09T14:13:51Z
  • Date of first publication
    2020
  • Abstract / Description
    Multisensory processing is required for the perception of the majority of everyday objects and events. In the case of irrelevant stimuli, the multisensory processing of features is widely assumed to be modulated by attention. In the present study, we investigated whether the processing of audiovisual distractors is also modulated by higher-order cognition. Participants fixated a visual distractor viewed via a centrally-placed mirror and responded to a laterally-presented audiovisual target. Critically, a distractor tone was presented from the same location as the mirror, while the visual distractor feature was presented at an occluded location, visible only indirectly via mirror reflection. Consequently, it appeared as though the visual and auditory features were presented from the same location though, in fact, they actually originated from different locations. Nevertheless, the results still revealed that the visual and auditory distractor features were processed together just as in the control condition, in which the audiovisual distractor features were both actually presented from fixation. Taken together, these results suggest that the processing of irrelevant multisensory information is not influenced by higher-order cognition.
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  • Abstract / Description
    Code for: Merz, S., Jensen, A., Burau, C., Spence, C., & Frings, C. (2020). Higher-Order Cognition Does Not Affect Multisensory Distractor Processing. Multisensory Research, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1163/22134808-bja10013
    en
  • Citation
    Merz, S., Jensen, A., Burau, C., Spence, C., & Frings, C. (2020). Code for: Higher-order cognition does NOT modulate multisensory distractor processing. PsychArchives. https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.2689
    en
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/2303
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2689
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychArchives
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  • Is referenced by
    https://doi.org/10.1163/22134808-bja10013
  • Is related to
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2688
  • Is related to
    https://doi.org/10.1163/22134808-bja10013
  • Keyword(s)
    Multisensory perception
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  • Keyword(s)
    multisensory selection
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  • Keyword(s)
    distractor processing
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  • Keyword(s)
    higher-order cognition
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  • Keyword(s)
    FFR
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Code for: Higher-order cognition does NOT modulate multisensory distractor processing
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  • Alternative title
    msf_av_mirror2.py; util.py
  • DRO type
    code
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