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 Experiment Videos

Cross-modal links in spatial attention

J Driver1, C Spence

  • 1Department of Psychology, University College London, UK. j.driver@ucl.ac.uk

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences
|October 14, 1998
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

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

Sort by
Same author

Effects of direct-fed microbial supplementation on performance and immune parameters of lactating dairy cows.

Journal of dairy science·2023
Same author

Modelling Subarctic watershed dissolved organic carbon response to hydroclimatic regime.

The Science of the total environment·2022
Same author

Host genetic effects upon the early gut microbiota in a bovine model with graduated spectrum of genetic variation.

The ISME journal·2019
Same author

Effects of treatment of preweaning dairy calves with recombinant bovine somatotropin on immune responses and somatotropic axis.

Journal of dairy science·2018
Same author

Differences between endogenous attention to spatial locations and sensory modalities.

Experimental brain research·2017
Same author

The Development of Tactile Perception.

Advances in child development and behavior·2017
Same journal

The microlandscapes of tree trunks: the effect of lichen and tree-level characteristics on arthropod communities.

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences·2026
Same journal

Centimetre-scale landscapes to assess the motion behaviour and cognition of gastropods and bivalves.

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences·2026
Same journal

Intertidal microcosms of wave-swept rocky shores: ecological and physiological insights from a uniquely stressful environment.

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences·2026
Same journal

Temporal and spatial variation in temperature and oxygen at the microscale: key niche axes for aquatic life.

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences·2026
Same journal

Natural microcosms in ecology: fulfilling the promise of model systems?

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences·2026
Same journal

Microbe-induced galls and plant defence: metabolite crosstalk in a co-evolutionary battle.

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences·2026
See all related articles

Spatial attention is linked across senses, with events in one modality attracting attention in others. This cross-modal attention can be voluntary or involuntary, influencing perception and enhancing selective attention.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Sensory Integration

Background:

  • Spatial attention is well-studied within individual sensory modalities like vision and audition.
  • Previous research has largely overlooked potential cross-modal interactions in attention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the existence and nature of spatial links between different sensory modalities in attention.
  • To explore how attention shifts across modalities and whether sensory information is integrated preattentively.

Main Methods:

  • Reviewed experimental findings on cross-modal attention.
  • Manipulated spatial relationships between sensory receptors (e.g., hand position) to examine remapping of attention.
  • Investigated voluntary attention shifts and their cross-modal effects.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Examined evidence for preattentive cross-modal integration.

    • Main Results:

    • Salient events in touch, audition, or vision can involuntarily attract spatial attention in other modalities (with a noted exception for vision to audition without saccades).
    • Spatial attention can remap across modalities when sensory receptors are repositioned, though not all aspects remap perfectly.
    • Voluntary attention shifts in one modality can improve performance in other modalities at the attended location.
    • Evidence suggests preattentive integration of multisensory information creates internal spatial representations guiding attention.

    Conclusions:

    • Extensive spatial links exist between sensory modalities, demonstrating significant cross-modal interactions in attention.
    • These cross-modal links are evident in both involuntary and voluntary attention.
    • Preattentive multisensory integration may underlie these cross-modal attentional effects, enhancing selective attention efficiency.