33rd Annual Student Research Conference
The Effect of Incongruent Audiovisual Cues on the Perception of Object Motion
Ken E. Kugel*, Madison McGregor, Lauren Happe, Hyun Joon Bang, Ruby Brattain, and Seleen Hubbert
Dr. Ashley Ramsey, Faculty Mentor
Auditory and visual cues combine in unique ways, giving rise to human perception. For example, in the McGurk effect, when an auditory syllable is presented simultaneously with an incongruent visual cue of lip movements, a unique perception occurs. This current study examined how changes in decibel level and changes in image size on the retina interact to influence the perception of the speed of human locomotion. It was hypothesized that visual cues have a greater influence on the perception of the stimuli compared to auditory cues. The results of this research will be discussed and could have implications for the improvement of virtual reality technologies, military training, video games, cinema, and/or synthetic perception in cases of ocular or cochlear damage, as well as increase the basic understanding of the role of the integration of audiovisual information in human perception.
Keywords: Perception, Audio, Visual, Locomotion
Topic(s):Psychology
Presentation Type: Poster
Session: TBA
Location: TBA
Time: TBA