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Audition controls the flow of visual time during multisensory perception

ABSTRACT: Summary Previous work addressing the influence of audition on visual perception has mainly been assessed using non-speech stimuli. Herein, we introduce the Audiovisual Time-Flow Illusion in spoken language, underscoring the role of audition in multisensory processing. When brief pauses were inserted into or brief portions were removed from an acoustic speech stream, individuals perceived the corresponding visual speech as “pausing” or “skipping”, respectively—even though the visual stimulus was intact. When the stimulus manipulation was reversed—brief pauses were inserted into, or brief portions were removed from the visual speech stream—individuals failed to perceive the illusion in the corresponding intact auditory stream. Our findings demonstrate that in the context of spoken language, people continually realign the pace of their visual perception based on that of the auditory input. In short, the auditory modality sets the pace of the visual modality during audiovisual speech processing. Graphical abstract Highlights • We describe the significance of the Audiovisual Time-Flow Illusion• Temporal perturbations to auditory speech drive perception of visual speech• However, perturbing visual speech stimuli does not affect auditory perception• Auditory processing controls the temporal perception of the visual speech stream Biological sciences; Neuroscience; Sensory neuroscience.

SUBMITTER: Gonzales M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9283509 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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