Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

Perceptual Constancy01:12

Perceptual Constancy

305
Perceptual constancy is the ability to recognize that objects remain consistent and unchanged even when their appearance varies due to changes in sensory input. There are four main types of perceptual constancy: size constancy, shape constancy, color constancy, and brightness constancy.
Size constancy is the recognition that an object remains the same size, even when its image on the retina changes. For instance, a bus is perceived to be large enough to carry people, even if it looks tiny from...
305
Gestalt Principles of Perception01:21

Gestalt Principles of Perception

262
Gestalt principles provide a framework for understanding how humans perceive objects as unified wholes within their context. These principles are essential in explaining the cognitive processes that make sense of complex visual stimuli by organizing them into coherent groups. One fundamental principle is proximity, which posits that objects located close to each other are perceived as a collective group. For instance, when dots are positioned near one another, the visual system interprets them...
262
Visual System01:26

Visual System

452
Light enters the eye through the cornea, a transparent, dome-shaped surface covering the surface of the eyeball that helps to direct and focus incoming light. This light is then channeled toward the pupil, an adjustable opening whose size is controlled by the iris. The iris, a pigmented muscle, regulates the amount of light entering the eye by contracting or dilating the pupil, thereby ensuring optimal light levels for clear vision.
Once through the pupil, the light passes through the lens, a...
452
Depth Perception and Spatial Vision01:15

Depth Perception and Spatial Vision

499
Depth perception is the ability to perceive objects three-dimensionally. It relies on two types of cues: binocular and monocular. Binocular cues depend on the combination of images from both eyes and how the eyes work together. Since the eyes are in slightly different positions, each eye captures a slightly different image. This disparity between images, known as binocular disparity, helps the brain interpret depth. When the brain compares these images, it determines the distance to an object.
499
Visual Agnosia01:12

Visual Agnosia

172
Visual agnosia is a condition characterized by the inability to recognize visually presented objects despite having normal vision. For instance, a person with visual agnosia can describe the shape and color of an object but cannot identify or name it. This impairment does not affect their visual field, acuity, color vision, brightness discrimination, language, or memory. An example of this condition in a social setting is someone at a dinner party asking for "that silver thing with a round...
172
Sensory Modalities01:15

Sensory Modalities

1.1K
Sensation typically is the process by which the sensory receptors and sense organs detect stimuli from the internal and external environment and transmit this information to the central nervous system for processing.
General senses refer to the broad category of sensory information detected by receptors in the body and can be further grouped into somatic and visceral senses. Somatic sensations include touch, pressure, temperature, and pain and are essential for navigating our environment and...
1.1K

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Bystanders witnessing social exclusion exhibit reduced physiological responses of empathy: an EEG study.

Frontiers in psychology·2025
Same author

Food properties modulate activities in posterior parietal and visual cortex during chewing.

Physiology & behavior·2025
Same author

Cross-modal representation of chewing food in posterior parietal and visual cortex.

PloS one·2024
Same author

Clemastine enhances exercise-induced motor improvement in hypoxic ischemic rats.

Brain research·2024
Same author

Author Correction: Classification of 74 facial emoji's emotional states on the valence-arousal axes.

Scientific reports·2024
Same author

Difficulty with the preceding visual search affects brain activity in the following resting period.

Scientific reports·2022
Same journal

The causal efficacy of consciousness: a neuroscientific analysis and explanation.

Frontiers in human neuroscience·2026
Same journal

Temporal-oscillatory entrainment: a multi-timescale framework for rhythmic coordination from neural to social frequencies.

Frontiers in human neuroscience·2026
Same journal

Role of AQP4 in ameliorating heat stress-induced cellular injury in a cell line model through active heat acclimation.

Frontiers in human neuroscience·2026
Same journal

Correction: Cognitive state monitoring for neuroadaptive information visualization.

Frontiers in human neuroscience·2026
Same journal

The synthetic self-hypothesis: dopaminergic redirection through self-face recognition in stuttering therapy.

Frontiers in human neuroscience·2026
Same journal

A randomised, placebo-controlled, triple-blind clinical trial to investigate the efficacy of <i>Ginkgo biloba</i> extract EGb 761<sup>®</sup> in cognitive impairment associated with post COVID-19 syndrome-the EGb COCOS protocol.

Frontiers in human neuroscience·2026
See all related articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: May 20, 2025

Applying Incongruent Visual-Tactile Stimuli during Object Transfer with Vibro-Tactile Feedback
05:43

Applying Incongruent Visual-Tactile Stimuli during Object Transfer with Vibro-Tactile Feedback

Published on: May 23, 2019

5.4K

Contextual consistency promotes visual-haptic simultaneity perception.

Hiroyuki Umemura1, Sunao Iwaki2

  • 1Human Augmentation Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Kashiwa, Japan.

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
|March 26, 2025
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Causal validity in multisensory information enhances integration. When visual and haptic feedback align causally, people perceive events as simultaneous, improving signal binding.

Keywords:
causalityhapticsmultimodal integrationsimultaneityvision

More Related Videos

Testing Sensory and Multisensory Function in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
09:13

Testing Sensory and Multisensory Function in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Published on: April 22, 2015

16.4K
The Crossmodal Congruency Task as a Means to Obtain an Objective Behavioral Measure in the Rubber Hand Illusion Paradigm
06:43

The Crossmodal Congruency Task as a Means to Obtain an Objective Behavioral Measure in the Rubber Hand Illusion Paradigm

Published on: July 26, 2013

15.9K

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: May 20, 2025

Applying Incongruent Visual-Tactile Stimuli during Object Transfer with Vibro-Tactile Feedback
05:43

Applying Incongruent Visual-Tactile Stimuli during Object Transfer with Vibro-Tactile Feedback

Published on: May 23, 2019

5.4K
Testing Sensory and Multisensory Function in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
09:13

Testing Sensory and Multisensory Function in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Published on: April 22, 2015

16.4K
The Crossmodal Congruency Task as a Means to Obtain an Objective Behavioral Measure in the Rubber Hand Illusion Paradigm
06:43

The Crossmodal Congruency Task as a Means to Obtain an Objective Behavioral Measure in the Rubber Hand Illusion Paradigm

Published on: July 26, 2013

15.9K

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Multisensory integration is crucial for perceiving the environment.
  • The brain combines information from different senses, but the rules governing this process are complex.
  • Causal relationships between sensory events may play a significant role in how information is integrated.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how the validity of causal information across sensory modalities affects multisensory integration.
  • To determine if congruent causal cues enhance the perception of simultaneity and signal binding.

Main Methods:

  • Simulated a causal event (ball striking an object) using a head-mounted display (visual) and a haptic device (vibration).
  • Manipulated the direction of haptic feedback (vibration) relative to visual ball movement to vary causal validity.
  • Participants judged the simultaneity of visual and haptic events.

Main Results:

  • Perception of simultaneity was significantly higher when the haptic vibration direction matched the visual ball's movement direction.
  • Valid causal consistency between visual and haptic stimuli improved the likelihood of perceiving them as a single, integrated event.
  • Invalid causal cues led to a reduced perception of simultaneity.

Conclusions:

  • Valid causal relationships across sensory modalities are essential for effective multisensory integration.
  • The brain preferentially binds sensory signals that are causally consistent, suggesting a predictive coding mechanism.
  • This finding has implications for designing more immersive and intuitive human-computer interfaces and understanding sensory processing disorders.