Audio –visual interaction in visual motion detection: Synchrony versus Asynchrony

Conclusion We find a clear but complex pattern of partly synergistic and partly inhibitory audio–visual interactions. It seems that asynchrony plays only a positive role in audiovisual motion while incongruence mostly disturbs in simultaneous abstract configurations but not in concrete configurations. As in speech perception in hearing-impaired patients, patients suffering from visual deficits should be able to benefit from acoustic information.
Source: Journal of Optometry - Category: Opthalmology Source Type: research