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- Title
Causal Inference in Multisensory Heading Estimation.
- Authors
de Winkel, Ksander N.; Katliar, Mikhail; Bülthoff, Heinrich H.
- Abstract
A large body of research shows that the Central Nervous System (CNS) integrates multisensory information. However, this strategy should only apply to multisensory signals that have a common cause; independent signals should be segregated. Causal Inference (CI) models account for this notion. Surprisingly, previous findings suggested that visual and inertial cues on heading of self-motion are integrated regardless of discrepancy. We hypothesized that CI does occur, but that characteristics of the motion profiles affect multisensory processing. Participants estimated heading of visual-inertial motion stimuli with several different motion profiles and a range of intersensory discrepancies. The results support the hypothesis that judgments of signal causality are included in the heading estimation process. Moreover, the data suggest a decreasing tolerance for discrepancies and an increasing reliance on visual cues for longer duration motions.
- Subjects
CENTRAL nervous system; VISUAL perception; STIMULUS &; response (Psychology); PROMPTS (Psychology); JUDGMENT (Psychology)
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2017, Vol 12, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0169676