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When sounds look right and images sound correct : cross-modal coherence enhances claims of pattern presence

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Ziembowicz, Michał, Nowak, Andrzej and Winkielman, Piotr (2013) When sounds look right and images sound correct : cross-modal coherence enhances claims of pattern presence. Cognition, 129 (2). pp. 273-278. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2013.07.010

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2013.07.010

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Abstract

How do people decide whether a stimulus contains a pattern? One possibility is that they rely on a global, non-specific signal of coherence. Interestingly, this signal might reflect a combination of different stimulus sources. Consequently, the coherence of one stimulus might influence decisions about coherence of a second, unrelated stimulus. We explored this possibility in three experiments in which participants judged the presence of a pattern in targets from one sensory modality, while being exposed in the background to incidental coherent and incoherent stimuli in a different modality (visual → auditory, auditory → visual). Across all three experiments, using a variety of judgments, coherence of incidental background cross-modal patterns enhanced claims of pattern presence. These findings advance our understanding of how people judge order in the structured as well as in the unstructured world.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Pattern perception
Journal or Publication Title: Cognition
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0010-0277
Official Date: November 2013
Dates:
DateEvent
November 2013Published
14 August 2013Available
11 July 2013Accepted
8 May 2013Submitted
Volume: 129
Number: 2
Number of Pages: 6
Page Range: pp. 273-278
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.07.010
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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