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  The combination of vision and touch depends on spatial proximity

Gepshtein, S., Burge, J., Ernst, M., & Banks, M. (2005). The combination of vision and touch depends on spatial proximity. Journal of Vision, 5(11), 1013-1023. doi:10.1167/5.11.7.

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Gepshtein, S, Author
Burge, J, Author           
Ernst, MO1, 2, Author           
Banks, M, Author           
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1Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society, ou_1497794              
2Department Human Perception, Cognition and Action, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society, Spemannstrasse 38, 72076 Tübingen, DE, ou_1497797              

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 Abstract: The nervous system often combines visual and haptic information about object properties such that the combined estimate is more precise than with vision or haptics alone. We examined how the system determines
when to combine the signals. Presumably, signals should not be combined when they come from different
objects. The likelihood that signals come from different objects is highly correlated with the spatial separation
between the signals, so we asked how the spatial separation between visual and haptic signals affects their
combination. To do this, we first created conditions for each observer in which the effect of combination—the
increase in discrimination precision with two modalities relative to performance with one modality—should be
maximal. Then under these conditions we presented visual and haptic stimuli separated by different spatial
distances and compared human performance with predictions of a model that combined signals optimally. We
found that discrimination precision was essentially optimal when the signals came from the same location, and
that discrimination precision was poorer when the signals came from different locations. Thus, the mechanism of
visual-haptic combination is specialized for signals that coincide in space.

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 Dates: 2005-12
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1167/5.11.7
BibTex Citekey: 3785
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Title: Journal of Vision
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Publ. Info: Charlottesville, VA : Scholar One, Inc.
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 5 (11) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 1013 - 1023 Identifier: ISSN: 1534-7362
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/111061245811050