Attentional Factors in Integration and Separation of the Auditory and Visual Speech Signals
1/1/08 - 12/30/12
Description:
The project deals with integration of the auditory and visual signals in speech processing. It involves taking into consideration discrepancy between the signals and attentional factors. The first study examines prerequistes för integration to occur, looking at articulatory discrepancies. In the second study, it is examined whether or not endogenous attention, evoked by fokus on one ear in dichotic listening, may affect audiovisual integration. In the third study, the relation between uncertainty and attention bound to one of the modalities is examined. This study is relevant to research methology concerning audiovisual perception. The fourth study deals with timing of integration relative to speech processing. Both the vocal and gestural percepts are taken into consideration. In the fifth and last study different types of attention is examined.
Web address:
http://www.ling.su.se/niklas.ohrstrom
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