只有可见的闪有助于飞翔:在没有视觉意识的情况下,触觉视觉整合会断裂
Sofia Montoya1, Stephanie Badde1
1Department of Psychology, Tufts University, 490 Boston Avenue, 02155 Medford, MA, USA.
Cognition
|June 24, 2023
概括
多感官集成增强了触觉感知,但只有当两个感官都被意识地感知时. 隐形的视觉刺激不会改善触觉频率歧视,这表明意识是多感官益处的关键.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 感知科学 感知科学 感知科学
- 心理物理学的精神物理.
背景情况:
- 多感官集成增强了感官感知.
- 意识意识在多感官集成中的作用仍在争论中.
- 触觉可以受到视觉刺激的影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查触觉频率感知是否受益于一致的视觉闪,即使视觉刺激由于感知融合而不可见.
- 要确定是否有意识地意识到视觉刺激是必要的多感官集成在触觉感知中的好处.
主要方法:
- 参与者在无感觉触觉和一致的触觉视觉刺激条件下执行了触觉频率歧视任务.
- 刺激频率从低于到高于个体闪的融合值变化.
- 在不同频率的单传感和多传感条件之间进行了性能比较.
主要成果:
- 触觉频率区分与对应的视觉刺激改善可见闪 (低于融合值).
- 当视觉闪是不可见的 (超过融合值) 时,没有观察到触觉感知的改善.
- 结果与理想观察者模型保持一致,需要激励意识来实现整合.
结论:
- 视觉刺激对触觉飞感知的好处取决于视觉刺激的可见性.
- 多感官集成似乎需要意识地意识到来自所有感官的刺激.
- 这表明,感知意识在调解跨模式收益方面起着至关重要的作用.
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