| Title |
The Multisensory Attentional Consequences of Tool Use: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2008
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0003502 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Nicholas P. Holmes, Charles Spence, Peter C. Hansen, Clare E. Mackay, Gemma A. Calvert |
| Abstract |
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 processing of visual stimuli presented at the distal, functional part of the tool. Such a finding would be consistent with a shift of spatial attention to the location where the tool is used. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 4% |
| Italy | 2 | 3% |
| Chile | 1 | 1% |
| China | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Poland | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 70 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 20 | 25% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 22% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 9 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 15 | 19% |
| Unknown | 8 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 36 | 46% |
| Neuroscience | 11 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 8% |
| Engineering | 5 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 7 | 9% |
| Unknown | 9 | 11% |