The multisensory attentional consequences of tool use: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

Tool use in humans requires that multisensory information is integrated across different locations, from objects seen to be distant from the hand, but felt indirectly at the hand via the tool. We tested the hypothesis that using a simple tool to perceive vibrotactile stimuli results in the enhanced...

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Main Authors: Nicholas P Holmes, Charles Spence, Peter C Hansen, Clare E Mackay, Gemma A Calvert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2567039?pdf=render