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In an experiment comparing unimodal with bimodal signal detection, groups of Ss performed a four-alternative spatial forced-choice visual and a “yes-no” auditory task either singly or simultaneously. The results were a significant decrement in bisensory visual discriminability and a comparable decrement in bisensory auditory performance, with little evidence for other interactions between tasks.
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1. This experiment is from a dissertation submitted to the Graduate School of Indiana University in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Ph.D. degree. The author is grateful to I. Gormezano, who served as chairman of the dissertation committee and provided support from NSF Grant GB-2843. I thank Marius Smith, who suggested the visual task used in this experiment.
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Suboski, M.D. Bisensory signal detection. Psychon Sci 6, 57–58 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327955
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