Auditory perception can be used to alter visual perception.
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SUPPORTED
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confidence 84/100
Multiple studies demonstrate that auditory cues can substantially modify visual perception, affecting perceived timing, motion direction, and even creating illusory visual events.
Evidence for · 5
A Comparison of Auditory and Visual Apparent Motion Presented Individually and with Crossmodal Moving Distractors
2004 · cited by 22
Demonstrates that auditory apparent motion and crossmodal distractors can alter the perceived direction of visual motion.
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More for · 4
Crossmodal Correspondence Between Auditory Pitch and Visual Elevation Affects Temporal Ventriloquism
2015 · cited by 17
Shows that auditory pitch influences the perceived timing of visual stimuli through temporal ventriloquism.
Auditory-induced visual illusions in rodents measured by spontaneous behavioural response.
2019 · cited by 4
Provides behavioral evidence from rodents that sounds can alter visual perception, specifically inducing the sound-induced flash illusion.
A neurocomputational model of cortical auditory–visual illusions
2012 · cited by 1
Examines the neural and computational mechanisms of audio-visual illusions like the Shams illusion and ventriloquism effect, where auditory signals alter visual perception.
Causal inference shapes crossmodal postdiction in multisensory integration.
2026 · cited by 0
Investigates crossmodal postdiction phenomena like the Illusory Audiovisual Rabbit illusion, showing how auditory cues alter visual perceptual outcomes.