These works ask for a type of concentration that is becoming increasingly unusual in a society that bombards our brains with simultaneous visual and
auditory stimuli from countless directions.
Not exact matches
a.Perception of visual,
auditory, tactile, olfactory, or gustatory experiences without an external
stimulus and with a compelling sense of their reality, usually resulting
from a mental disorder or as a response to a drug.
The perception of sensory dissonance is a function of the physical properties of
auditory stimuli, as well as those of basic physiological and anatomical constraints, resulting
from limitations of the
auditory system in resolving tones that are too proximal in pitch (54).
In the course of examining single unit responses
from the cortex of unrestrained and unanesthetized cats, we have come upon a population of cells that appears to be sensitive to
auditory stimuli only if the cat «pays attention» to the sound source.
The team focused on the primary
auditory cortex, which is the first cortical region to receive
auditory signals
from the ears via other parts of the brain, and the nonprimary
auditory cortex, which plays a more sophisticated role in processing those
stimuli.
That might become easier with the recent discovery that
auditory stimuli, such as a dog barking, can trigger sleepwalking in those susceptible to it — particularly if they have been suffering
from sleep deprivation.
«Our brains would like to match up what we see and what we hear according to where these
stimuli are coming
from, but the visual system and the
auditory system figure out where
stimuli are located in two completely different ways,» said Groh, who holds a joint appointment in the department of neurobiology at Duke.
«This allows us to search for what parts of the brain are generally activated by
auditory stimuli,» he says, «and to separate an
auditory field — for example [the] primary
auditory cortex
from higher
auditory fields.»
We tested the integrity of temporal prediction by presenting rhythmic visual and
auditory stimuli on children with ASD and age - matched typically developing (TD) controls, while recording
from 64 scalp EEG channels.
People with chromesthesia are said to receive a double «whack» of input to color perception centers of the brain,
from both visual and
auditory stimuli.
This phase can last
from 1 - 7 days, and animals will become progressively more restless and aggressive, and begin to react strongly to visual and
auditory stimulus.
For example,
auditory stimuli (strong, prolonged noise) varied
from a clock alarm, siren, doorbell, or whistle to a vacuum cleaner.