Vision dominates hearing in localization, identification, and size judgment
Evidence
Eliminating visual and other undesirable cues is also an important issue, since they may easily bias results or draw attention away from the focus of the study. (Of course there are also cases where just these effects are studied and therefore they have to be included.) Hearing is particularly influenced by vision, especially in the processing of information where vision is more reliable, such as in localization, object identification, and size. In these cases we ‘often hear what we see’ rather than what our ears receive. — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 873
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to ventriloquism effect and broader audiovisual integration literature; also relevant to spatial-audio and VR design where visual anchors dominate perceived sound location. — connects to: Vision and sound expectations must concord for convincing audio-scene perception; Context-dependent compensation shapes sound perception much as with color vision; Direct sound determines localization, loudness, and perceived spectrum quality — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 1546 (+5 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 873
Broader Connections
- Visual and contextual cues bias human judgments of sound quality
#corroborates(0.85) - Dynamic auditory cues can override even strong conflicting visual evidence
#contradicts(0.82) - Hearing evolved as an omnidirectional alarm system complementing directional vision
#expands(0.78) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1519 - Direct sound determines localization, loudness, and perceived spectrum quality
#qualifies(0.75) — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 1546