Keywords:
Multisensory integration; Multisensory illusion effect; Old adults
多感觉整合;多感觉错觉效应;老年人
Abstract:
Multisensory illusion effect is a manifestation of multisensory integration. Studies of multisensory
illusion effect in old adults provide evidence for the changes of multisensory integration during the aging
process. This article provided a brief review of the existing research results of multisensory illusion effect in old
adults, including three parts: (1) The visual illusion effect, referring to the McGurk effect, is influenced by visual
information in the multisensory integration process. Old adults have a larger amount of visual illusion effect,
which may reflect a greater multisensory integration. (2) The auditory illusion effect, referring to the soundinduced flash illusion, is an auditory dominance effect. Old adults are more susceptible to the sound-induced
flash illusion than young adults, which is associated with an increase in the width of multisensory temporal
binding window. (3) Audiovisual bounce effect is an audiovisual illusion effect in the two dimensional space,
and it reflects the interaction between attentional and multisensory integration in old adults. Future research
should take top-down cognitive factors (e.g. attention, expectation and emotional state) into consideration,
and take better control of the experimental stimulus as well as realize further standardization, so as to draw a
generalization conclusion of multisensory illusion effect in old adults.
多感觉错觉效应是多感觉整合的一种表现形式。对老年人多感觉错觉效应的研究将为老龄化过程中多感觉整合的变化提供依据。基于已有研究成果对老年人的多感觉错觉效应进行综述:(1)视觉错觉效应,指 McGurk 效应,由视觉信息对多感觉整合的影响导致。老年人视觉错觉效应量更大,可能体现了老年人的多感觉整合更强。(2)听觉错觉效应,指声音诱发闪光错觉,是多感觉整合过程中的听觉主导效应。老年人对声音诱发闪光错觉的敏感性更高,与老年人多感觉整合时间绑定窗口宽度的增加有关。(3)视听反弹效应,是一种视听觉错觉效应,可以反映老年人注意与多感觉整合的交互作用。未来研究应考虑注意、预期、情绪状态等自上而下的认知因素对老年人多感觉错觉效应的影响,同时对实验刺激进行进一步控制与标准化,以得出对于老年人多感觉错觉效应的推广性结论。