Auditory perception can be used to alter visual perception.
Multiple studies demonstrate that auditory cues can substantially modify visual perception, affecting perceived timing, motion direction, and even creating illusory visual events.
The claim is specific, falsifiable, and well-supported by empirical research on crossmodal perception. Papers 0, 1, 2, 4, and 8 all present experimental evidence showing that auditory stimuli can alter or bias visual perception in various contexts, such as apparent motion, temporal ventriloquism, and the sound-induced flash illusion. There are no papers refuting the claim.
Thomas Z Strybel, Argiro Vatakis. A Comparison of Auditory and Visual Apparent Motion Presented Individually and with Crossmodal Moving Distractors. 2004. https://doi.org/10.1068/p5255
Demonstrates that auditory apparent motion and crossmodal distractors can alter the perceived direction of visual motion.
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Emily Orchard-Mills, Erik Van der Burg, David Alais. Crossmodal Correspondence Between Auditory Pitch and Visual Elevation Affects Temporal Ventriloquism. 2015. https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006615622320
Shows that auditory pitch influences the perceived timing of visual stimuli through temporal ventriloquism.
Ito Y, Sato R, Tamai Y, Hiryu S, Uekita T, Kobayasi KI. Auditory-induced visual illusions in rodents measured by spontaneous behavioural response.. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55664-z
Provides behavioral evidence from rodents that sounds can alter visual perception, specifically inducing the sound-induced flash illusion.
Cristiano Cuppini, Elisa Magosso, Mauro Ursino. A neurocomputational model of cortical auditory–visual illusions. 2012. https://doi.org/10.1163/187847612x647487
Examines the neural and computational mechanisms of audio-visual illusions like the Shams illusion and ventriloquism effect, where auditory signals alter visual perception.
Günaydın G, Moran JK, Rohe T, Senkowski D. Causal inference shapes crossmodal postdiction in multisensory integration.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-36884-6
Investigates crossmodal postdiction phenomena like the Illusory Audiovisual Rabbit illusion, showing how auditory cues alter visual perceptual outcomes.
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