Effect of visually cued spatial and temporal attention on audiovisual stimuli processing: an event-related potentials study

IntroductionPrevious studies have investigated the effect of spatial and temporal attention on visual or auditory stimulus processing. The visual and auditory information received simultaneously from different modalities must be integrated by several systems to produce coherent cognition in the brai...

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Main Authors: Yang Feng, Kai Liu, Rui Zhang, Huiyuan Wang, Yulin Gao, Zhihan Xu, Jingjing Yang
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-05-01
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Kai Liu
Rui Zhang
Huiyuan Wang
Yulin Gao
Zhihan Xu
Jingjing Yang
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Huiyuan Wang
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description IntroductionPrevious studies have investigated the effect of spatial and temporal attention on visual or auditory stimulus processing. The visual and auditory information received simultaneously from different modalities must be integrated by several systems to produce coherent cognition in the brain. However, how spatial and temporal attention modulates audiovisual (AV) stimuli processing is still unclear.MethodsThe aim of this study was to compare the modulatory effects of spatial attention versus temporal attention on audiovisual stimuli processing using event-related potentials (ERPs) with high temporal resolution. Spatial attention was triggered by a visual spatial cue (usually an arrow), and temporal attention was triggered by a visual temporal cue (two concentric circles).ResultsBehavioral responses to audiovisual stimuli in the spatial attention condition were faster than those in the temporal attention condition, and the false alarm rate in the spatial attention condition was lower than that in the temporal attention condition. The ERP results show that the amplitude of N2 elicited by AV stimuli in the right temporal and right occipital areas in the spatial attention condition was greater than that in the temporal attention condition.DiscussionThese results indicate that spatial and temporal attention have a differential effect on AV stimuli processing in the right occipitotemporal area.
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spelling doaj-art-8f45c0aa1b05491cae924044fdfd93c52025-08-20T02:33:15ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-05-011610.3389/fpsyg.2025.15917681591768Effect of visually cued spatial and temporal attention on audiovisual stimuli processing: an event-related potentials studyYang Feng0Kai Liu1Rui Zhang2Huiyuan Wang3Yulin Gao4Zhihan Xu5Jingjing Yang6School of Teacher Education, Huzhou University, Huzhou, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaDepartment of Foreign Language, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo, Zhejiang, ChinaSchool of Artificial Intelligence, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, ChinaIntroductionPrevious studies have investigated the effect of spatial and temporal attention on visual or auditory stimulus processing. The visual and auditory information received simultaneously from different modalities must be integrated by several systems to produce coherent cognition in the brain. However, how spatial and temporal attention modulates audiovisual (AV) stimuli processing is still unclear.MethodsThe aim of this study was to compare the modulatory effects of spatial attention versus temporal attention on audiovisual stimuli processing using event-related potentials (ERPs) with high temporal resolution. Spatial attention was triggered by a visual spatial cue (usually an arrow), and temporal attention was triggered by a visual temporal cue (two concentric circles).ResultsBehavioral responses to audiovisual stimuli in the spatial attention condition were faster than those in the temporal attention condition, and the false alarm rate in the spatial attention condition was lower than that in the temporal attention condition. The ERP results show that the amplitude of N2 elicited by AV stimuli in the right temporal and right occipital areas in the spatial attention condition was greater than that in the temporal attention condition.DiscussionThese results indicate that spatial and temporal attention have a differential effect on AV stimuli processing in the right occipitotemporal area.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1591768/fullspatial attentiontemporal attentionaudiovisual stimuliinterstimulus interval (ISI)event-related potentials (ERPs)
spellingShingle Yang Feng
Kai Liu
Rui Zhang
Huiyuan Wang
Yulin Gao
Zhihan Xu
Jingjing Yang
Effect of visually cued spatial and temporal attention on audiovisual stimuli processing: an event-related potentials study
Frontiers in Psychology
spatial attention
temporal attention
audiovisual stimuli
interstimulus interval (ISI)
event-related potentials (ERPs)
title Effect of visually cued spatial and temporal attention on audiovisual stimuli processing: an event-related potentials study
title_full Effect of visually cued spatial and temporal attention on audiovisual stimuli processing: an event-related potentials study
title_fullStr Effect of visually cued spatial and temporal attention on audiovisual stimuli processing: an event-related potentials study
title_full_unstemmed Effect of visually cued spatial and temporal attention on audiovisual stimuli processing: an event-related potentials study
title_short Effect of visually cued spatial and temporal attention on audiovisual stimuli processing: an event-related potentials study
title_sort effect of visually cued spatial and temporal attention on audiovisual stimuli processing an event related potentials study
topic spatial attention
temporal attention
audiovisual stimuli
interstimulus interval (ISI)
event-related potentials (ERPs)
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1591768/full
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