Photic Stimulation

Reduced susceptibility to the sound-induced flash fusion illusion in schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia is characterised by the presence of abnormal complex sensory perceptual experiences. Such experiences could arise as a consequence of dysfunctional multisensory integration. We used the sound-induced flash illusion paradigm, which …

Aging effects on functional auditory and visual processing using fMRI with variable sensory loading.

INTRODUCTION: Traditionally, studies investigating the functional implications of age-related structural brain alterations have focused on higher cognitive processes; by increasing stimulus load, these studies assess behavioral and neurophysiological …

Spatial language, visual attention, and perceptual simulation.

Spatial language descriptions, such as The bottle is over the glass, direct the attention of the hearer to particular aspects of the visual world. This paper asks how they do so, and what brain mechanisms underlie this process. In two experiments …