Combining input from multiple senses is essential for successfully mastering many real-world situations. While several studies demonstrate that the presentation of a simultaneous sound can enhance visual detection performance or increase the perceived luminance of a dim light, the origin of these effect remains disputed. The suggestions range from early multisensory integration to changes in re...

Information about the character of the visual evoked response in man during sleep and possible differences between waking and sleep is as yet limited. Vanzulli et a2. (1960) reported that response latencies were increased and “positive waves” augmented. CigLnek ( 1961 ) noted that the early triphasic complex was unchanged except for increased latency while a later wave (“V”) was increased in am...

The relationship between arousal, perception, and visual neglect was examined in this case study. Cold pressor stimulation (CPS: immersing the foot in iced water) was used to manipulate arousal and to determine its effects on contralesional neglect, perception of stimulus intensity (magnitude estimation), reaction time, and an electrophysiological correlate of ascending reticular activating sys...

This work compared the effect of unilateral (right and left) and bilateral vestibular stimulation in a right-brain-damaged patient with neglect. Neglect was improved following left caloric vestibular stimulation, and worsened following right vestibular stimulation. On the other hand, no modification of neglect was observed after bilateral vestibular stimulation. These results support the idea t...

PURPOSE The event-related potential P300 has been proposed for objective acuity estimation. In contrast to the acuity VEP, which relies on grating or checkerboard stimuli, the P300 can be recorded to small stimulus differences, making it suitable to use optotype stimuli. This may result in a better agreement with subjective measures of acuity than that found with VEP-based estimates. We tested ...

It has been argued that the development and aging of the different achromatic and chromatic visual pathways may proceed independently. We review here the evidence for such independent changes with particular emphasis on electrophysiological results. Changes in chromatic and achromatic visual processing throughout the life span were studied using visual evoked potentials (VEPs). VEPs were record...