research article
Preattentive interference between touch and audition: a case study on multisensory alloesthesia
2005
Alloesthesia is a rare clinical condition that corresponds to a spatial disorder of stimulus localization, in which patients experience a given stimulus on the side opposite to the side of stimulation. Whereas it has been mostly described for unisensory stimulations, evidence of multisensory alloesthesia is only anecdotal. Here, we investigated a case of multisensory auditory-tactile alloesthesia. Our data suggest that auditory-tactile integration and multisensory alloesthesia not only depend on attentional mechanisms, but also on somatotopic preattentive mechanisms.
Type
research article
Author(s)
Date Issued
2005
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Published in
Volume
16
Issue
8
Start page
865
End page
8
Editorial or Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
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EPFL
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November 16, 2010
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