Keep your eye on the rabbit: Cross-modal influences on the cutaneous rabbit illusion

Yao, Richard; Simons, Daniel J.; Ro, Tony

doi:10.1167/9.8.705

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“…This result clearly suggests that tactile information can modulate the segregation between figure and ground for visual stimuli. Moreover, when Bruno et al's results are taken together with those reported by Yao et al (2009), it would appear that interactions between stimuli presented in the tactile and visual modality that result in the formation of a perceptual Gestalt occur in both directions. That is, tactile grouping affects visual grouping and visual grouping also affects tactile grouping (see also Lunghi, Binda, & Morrone, 2009).…”

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“…Researchers studying crossmodal perception have recently begun to investigate whether the presentation of visual information can affect the cutaneous rabbit illusion. In particular, Yao, Simons, and Ro (2009) used LEDs placed at the same locations as the tactile stimulators (the stimulated location A and B in Figure 10), and at the “illusory” locations where tactile stimuli are generally perceived to have been presented following the activation of the tactors (the positions lying between A and B in Figure 10). They found that the activation of lights that mimicked the hopping percept strengthened the tactile illusion, whereas the activation of lights at the veridical locations of tactile stimulation weakened it.…”

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confidence: 99%

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To what extent do Gestalt grouping principles influence tactile perception?

Gallace¹,

Spence²

2011

Psychological Bulletin

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Since their formulation by the Gestalt movement more than a century ago, the principles of perceptual grouping have primarily been investigated in the visual modality and, to a lesser extent, in the auditory modality. The present review addresses the question of whether the same grouping principles also affect the perception of tactile stimuli. Although, to date, only a few studies have explicitly investigated the existence of Gestalt grouping principles in the tactile modality, we argue that many more studies have indirectly provided evidence relevant to this topic. Reviewing this body of research, we argue that similar principles to those reported previously in visual and auditory studies also govern the perceptual grouping of tactile stimuli. In particular, we highlight evidence showing that the principles of proximity, similarity, common fate, good continuation, and closure affect tactile perception in both unimodal and crossmodal settings. We also highlight that the grouping of tactile stimuli is often affected by visual and auditory information that happen to be presented simultaneously. Finally, we discuss the theoretical and applied benefits that might pertain to the further study of Gestalt principles operating in both unisensory and multisensory tactile perception.

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Section: Grouping In Multisensory Scene Perceptionmentioning

confidence: 90%

Section: Grouping In Multisensory Scene Perceptionmentioning

confidence: 99%