Multisensory Perception

Question 1

Traditional paradigm

Answer 1

• Modular
• Bottom-up
• Vision dominant

Question 2

Emerging paradigm

Answer 2

• Integrative
• Non-hierarchical
• Multi-sensory

Question 3

What is the dominant sensory modality?

Answer 3

Vision

Question 4

Ventriloquism effect

Answer 4

Vision is in control
We perceive the sound to be coming from the puppet as opposed to the puppeteer; also when watching TV –> we perceive to be coming from actor on the screen when it’s actually coming from speakers

Question 5

McGurk

Answer 5

Vision modifies speech perception

Question 6

Benefits of Multisensory Processing

Answer 6

• Improved Accuracy
• Improved Precision
• Improved reaction time
• More complete information