Vision and Touch: An Experimentally Created Conflict between the Two Senses
Abstract
Observers were presented with an object whose visual shape, because of optical distortion, differed considerably from its tactual shape. After simultaneously grasping and viewing the object, the observers were required to indicate their impression of it by drawing it or by matching another object to it. The results reveal that vision is strongly dominant, often without the observer's being aware of a conflict.
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- Authors
- Rock, I., & Victor, J.
- Affiliations
- Yeshiva University (US)
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1964-02-07
- Volume
- 143
- Issue
- 3606
- Pages
- 594-596
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W1967342442
- Cited by
- 702
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 9.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Keywords
- multisensory integration, optical distortion, grasping, visual dominance, unconscious conflict, object perception
- MeSH terms
- Female, Humans, Touch, Vision, Ocular, Visual Perception, Hand Strength
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