2012 volume 41(4) pages 379 – 388
doi:10.1068/p6808

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Grove P M, Kawachi Y, Sakurai K, 2012, "The stream/bounce effect occurs for luminance- and disparity-defined motion targets" Perception 41(4) 379 – 388

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The stream/bounce effect occurs for luminance- and disparity-defined motion targets

Philip M Grove, Yousuke Kawachi, Kenzo Sakurai

Received 22 August 2010, in revised form 14 March 2012

Abstract. We generalised the stream/bounce effect to dynamic random element displays containing luminance- or disparity-defined targets. Previous studies investigating audio-visual interactions in this context have exclusively employed motion sequences with luminance-defined disks or squares and have focused on properties of the accompanying brief stimuli rather than the visual properties of the motion targets. We found that the presence of a brief sound temporally close to coincidence, or a visual flash at coincidence significantly promote bounce perception for motion targets defined by either luminance contrast or disparity contrast. A brief tone significantly promoted bouncing of luminance-defined targets above a no-sound baseline when it was presented at least 250 ms before coincidence and 100 ms after coincidence. A similar pattern was observed for disparity-defined targets, though the tone promoted bouncing above the no-sound baseline when presented at least 350 ms before and 300 ms after coincidence. We further explored the temporal properties of audio-visual interactions for these two display types and found that bounce perception saturated at similar durations after coincidence. The stream/bounce illusion manifests itself in dynamic random-element displays and is similar for luminance- and disparity-defined motion targets.

Keywords: cross-modal integration, cyclopean motion perception, stream/bounce effect

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