Full citation:
Levitin, D. J., Mathews, M. V., MacLean, K. (1999), "The Perception of Cross-Modal Simultaneity", in Proceedings of International Journal of Computing Anticipatory Systems, Belgium, 1999.
Abstract:
One of the oldest questions in experimental psychology
concerns perception of simultaneous events, particularly
when input arrives through different sensory channels
(sight / sound or touch / sound). How far apart in time
must two events be to be perceived as sequential? This
paper reports preliminary data from a cross-modal
simultaneity task designed for ecological validity. Results
indicate a smaller threshold for successiveness than that
found in previous experiments, which used more artificial
tasks. The present findings are relevant to theories of time,
order and perception.
Paper:
Year Published:
1999