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The sensorimotor contingency of multisensory localization correlates with the conscious percept of spatial unity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2002

Gwendolyn E. Roberson ,
Mark T. Wallace  and
James A. Schirillo
Gwendolyn E. Roberson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109 robege0@wfu.eduschirija@wfu.edu
Mark T. Wallace
Affiliation:
Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27151 mwallace@wfubmc.edu
James A. Schirillo
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109 robege0@wfu.eduschirija@wfu.edu
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Abstract

Two cross-modal experiments provide partial support for O'Regan & Noë's (O&N's) claim that sensorimotor contingencies mediate perception. Differences in locating a target sound accompanied by a spatially disparate neutral light correlate with whether the two stimuli were perceived as spatially unified. This correlation suggests that internal representations are necessary for conscious perception, which may also mediate sensorimotor contingencies.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 5 , October 2001 , pp. 1001 - 1002
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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