The Tactile Continuity Illusion
The Tactile Continuity Illusion
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DOI：
10.1037/a0016891
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发表时间：
2009-12-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Kashino, Makio
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作者：
Kitagawa, Norimichi;Igarashi, Yuka;Kashino, Makio
我们可以通过整合空间/时间上离散的感觉输入来感知对象或事件的连续性。这种连续性知觉背后的机制引起了许多研究人员的兴趣，并在视觉和听觉两个方面都得到了很好的证明。据我们所知，目前的研究首次表明，振动触觉刺激也会产生连续性错觉。我们发现，当插入振动触觉目标的短暂时间间隙被振动触觉噪声填充时，如果目标振动相对于噪声足够弱，则目标振动可以通过噪声感知到持续。重要的是，振动的虚幻连续性不能与物理上的连续振动区分开来。因此，这些结果表明，连续性错觉在多种感觉通道中是常见的，它反映了知觉的一个基本原理。
We can perceive the continuity of an object or event by integrating spatially/temporally discrete sensory inputs. The mechanism underlying this perception of continuity has intrigued many researchers and has been well documented in both the visual and auditory modalities. The present study shows for the first time to our knowledge that an illusion of continuity also occurs with vibrotactile stimulation. We found that when the brief temporal gaps inserted into a vibrotactile target were filled with vibrotactile noise, the target vibration was perceived to continue through the noise if the target vibration was sufficiently weak relative to the noise. It is important that the illusory continuity of the vibration cannot be distinguished from the physically continuous vibration. These results therefore suggest that the continuity illusion is common to multiple sensory modalities and that it reflects a fundamental principle of perception.