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8th Annual Meeting of the International Multisensory Research Forum
Conference Schedule
July 5 - 7, 2007

Conference Locations

Building	Short Form
L'Acqua Restaurant	L'Acqua Restaurant
Quadrangle	Quad

Thursday, July 5, 2007

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM in Quad Maclauren Hall	Registration

8:40 AM - 10:00 AM in Quad General Lecture Theatre	Talk

Chair: Andrew King, Department of Physiology, Oxford University Presentations Kylie J Barnett, School of Psychology, TCIN, Trinity College John J Foxe , Cognitive Neurophysiology Lab, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, USA Simon P Kelly, Cognitive Neurophysiology Lab, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, USA Sophie Molholm, Cognitive Neurophysiology Lab, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, USA Michelle McCormick, School of Psychology, Trinity College Kevin J Michell , Smurfit Institute of Genetics Fiona N Newell , School of Psychology, TCIN, Trinity College "Differences in early sensory-perceptual processing between synaesthetes and controls: an evoked potentials study" Physiology Chris Davis, MARCS Auditory Laboratories, University of Western Sydney Daniel Kislyuk, Laboratory of Computational Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Mikko Sams, Laboratory of Computational Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Jeesun Kim, MARCS Auditory Laboratories, University of Western Sydney "An MEG study of auditory-visual speech processing" Physiology Gabriella Musacchia, Communication Sciences and Disorders, NorthwesternUniversity Mikko Sams, Laboratory of Computational Engineering, Helsinki University Nina Kraus, Communication Sciences and Disorders, NorthwesternUniversity "Multi-sensory interaction and plasticity in the human auditory brainstem" Physiology Terrence R. Stanford, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Wake Forest Univ. Sch. of Medicine Juan-Carlos Alvarado, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Wake Forest Univ. Sch. of Medicine J. William Vaughan, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Wake Forest Univ. Sch. of Medicine Barry E. Stein, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Wake Forest Univ. Sch. of Medicine "Multisensory and Unisensory Integration: Distinct Processes with Distinct Products" Physiology

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM in Quad Maclauren Hall	Poster

Presentations Elena Azañón, Parc Científic de Barcelona – Universitat de Barcelona Salvador Soto-Faraco , ICREA - Parc Científic de Barcelona – Universitat de Barcelona "The sight of uncrossed rubber hands improves crossed-hands tactile order judgments" Other modalities Olivia Carter, Psychology Department, Harvard University Talia Konkle, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joel Snyder, Psychology Department, Harvard University Christopher Moore, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Vincent Hayward , Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University Qi Wang , BioControls Laboratory, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University Ken Nakayama, Psychology Department, Harvard University "Bi-stable tactile stimulus shows perceptual rivalry exists across the senses." Other modalities Jason S. Chan, Trinity College Dublin Fiona N. Newell, Trinity College Dublin "Task-irrelevant spatial sounds affect haptic scene recognition" Other modalities Knut Drewing, Institute for Psychology, Giessen University Philip Albus, Institute for Psychology, Giessen University Anne Kunkel, Institute for Psychology, Giessen University "Top-down influences on the rubber hand illusion" Other modalities Waka Fujisaki, NTT CS labs Shin'ya Nishida, NTT CS labs "Audio-tactile, visuo-tactile, and audio-visual temporal synchrony perception" Other modalities Vanessa Harrar, Psychology, York University Aliza Sturm, Psychology, York University Laurence R. Harris "Visuo-tactile binding in mirror-induced illusory space" Other modalities Hannah Helbig, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tuebingen Marc Ernst, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tuebingen "Optimal integration of spatiotemporal information across vision and touch" Other modalities Harold Hill, School of Psychology, University of Wollongong Hiroshi Ashida, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University Hiroshi Ando, Multimedia Communication Group, National Institute of Information and Communicatio Technology (NiCT) "Effects of haptic feedback on the perception of ambiguous visual stimuli" Other modalities Alex Holcombe, School of Psychology, University of Sydney Tatjana Seizova-Cajic, School of Psychology, University of Sydney "Illusory motion reversals in multiple modalities" Other modalities Noriaki Kanayama, School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University Hideki Ohira, School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University "The effect of rubber hand illusion on congruency effect" Other modalities Simon Lacey, Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine Andrew Peters, Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine K. Sathian, Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine "Visuo-haptic object representation is viewpoint-independent" Other modalities Ju Hwan Lee, Department of Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, KOREA Kwang Hee Han, Department of Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, KOREA "Crossmodal facilitation effect according to the functional region of space and the spatial predictability" Other modalities Jordi Navarra, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford Salvador Soto-Faraco, ICREA, Parc Científic, Universitat de Barcelona Charles Spence, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford "Mechanisms underlying temporal recalibration between different senses" Other modalities Valeria Occelli, University of Trento Charles Spence, Oxford University Massimiliano Zampini, University of Trento "Audiotactile Temporal Order Judgments (TOJs) in sighted and blind individuals" Functional and applied Keiko Omori, Department of Psychology, Nihon University Yukio Itsukushima, Department of Psychology, Nihon University "Does haptic information on a plane surface alter the appearance of the visual illusion?" Other modalities Tom Philippi, TNO Human Factors and Utrecht University Jan van Erp, TNO Human Factors Peter Werkhoven, Utrecht University Adelbert Bronkhorst, TNO Human Factors "Does multisensory integration improve temporal numerosity judgements?" Other modalities Chiara Sambo, Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit, Department of Psychology, City University, London Bettina Forster, Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit, Department of Psychology, City University, London "Tactile processing is modulated by task-irrelevant visual stimuli in peripersonal but not in extra-personal space: an ERP investigation" Other modalities Stephanie Simon-Dack, Center for Visual Neuroscience, North Dakota State University Malarie Deslauriers, Center for Visual Neuroscience, North Dakota State University Tyler Kurtz, Center for Visual Neuroscience, North Dakota State University Pytlik Roberta, Center for Visual Neuroscience, North Dakota State University Cassandra Stratton, Center for Visual Neuroscience, North Dakota State University Melissa Tarasenko, Center for Visual Neuroscience, North Dakota State University Tatum Trautman, Center for Visual Neuroscience, North Dakota State University Wolfgang Teder-Sälejärvi, Center for Visual Neuroscience, North Dakota State University "Proprioceptive cues modulate further processing of spatially congruent auditory information." Other modalities Marja Sirkkola, HAMK, University of Applied Sciences, Finland, Masters Programme in Welfare Technology, and School of Education, James Cook University, Townsville, Au Pia Nieminen, HAMK, University of Applied Sciences, Finland, Masters Programme in Welfare Technology "Physio-acoustic chair promoting well-being" Other modalities Yuika Suzuki, Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University Jiro Gyoba, Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University "Selective modification of tactile roughness perception in terms of auditory stimuli" Other modalities Kohske Takahashi, Shimojo Implicit Brain Function Project, ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Jun Saiki, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University Katsumi Watanabe, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo "Recalibration of vision-haptics temporal simultaneity" Other modalities Michela Tosetti, Stella Maris Scientific Institute, Pisa, Italy Giovanni D'Avossa, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA Sofia Crespi, Università Vita-Salute S Raffaele ,Milan, Italy Laura Biagi, Stella Maris Scientific Institute, Pisa, Italy Maria Concetta Morrone, Università Vita-Salute S Raffaele ,Milan, Italy David Burr, Università Degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy "Visually evoked BOLD responses in human cortex modulated by gaze direction" Other modalities Marco Vitello, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics Marc Ernst, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics "Sound alters tactile motion perception" Other modalities Aisling Whitaker, School of Psychology/Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin Jason Chan, School of Psychology/Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin Fiona Newell, School of Psychology/Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin "The role of motion in haptic and cross-modal object recognition" Other modalities Rebecca Winter, Psychology York University Laurence Harris, Psychology York University Vanessa Harrar, Psychology York University Marta Gozdzik, Psychology York University "The perceived timing of the active and passive components of a touch" Other modalities

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM in Quad Maclauren Hall	Morning tea

11:30 AM - 12:50 PM in Quad General Lecture Theatre	Talk

Chair: Marc Ernst, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tuebingen Presentations Ehsan Arabzadeh, School of Psychology, University of Sydney Colin Clifford, School of Psychology, University of Sydney Justin Harris, School of Psychology, University of Sydney "The pedestal effect of vision on touch" Visual/tactile Nadia Bolognini, Department of Psychology University of Milano Bicocca Angelo Maravita, Department of Psychology University of Milano Bicocca "Cross-modal reduction of phosphene threshold and the role of intraparietal sulcus in remmapping of visual-tatile interactions" Visual/tactile Shinichi Kita, Department of Psychology, Kobe University Taichi Higashi, Department of Psychology, Kobe University Tomomi Hata, Department of Psychology, Kobe University "Visuotactile attention shift" Visual/tactile K. Sathian, Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine Peter Flueckiger, Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine Simon Lacey, Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine Randall Stilla, Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine "Is activation of the lateral occipital complex during haptic shape perception due to visual imagery?" Visual/tactile

12:50 PM - 2:00 PM in Quad Maclauren Hall	Lunch

2:00 PM - 3:40 PM in Quad General Lecture Theatre	Symposium

Chair: Jason Mattingley, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland Presentations Matthias Bischoff, Bender Institute of Neuroimaging and Department of Clinical and Physiological Psychology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany Carlo Blecker, Bender Institute of Neuroimaging, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany Bertram Walter, Bender Institute of Neuroimaging, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany Katrin Morgen, Department of Neurology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany Dieter Vaitl, Bender Institute of Neuroimaging, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany Gebhard Sammer, Bender Institute of Neuroimaging, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany "Audio-visual binding - hemodynamical and electrophysiological correlates in a congruency-task" Grad student symposium Claudio Brozzoli, INSERM U864 "Espace et Action" "Assessing Multisensory Integration In Reaching Space" Grad student symposium Monica Gori, IIT Italian Institute of Technology, DIST University of Genoa Michela Del Viva, Department of psychology University of Florence, CNR Pisa Istituto di Neuroscienze Giulio Sandini, IIT Italian Institute of Technology David Burr, Department of psychology University of Florence, CNR Pisa Istituto di Neuroscienze "Five and six-year-old children do not integrate visual-haptic information optimally" Grad student symposium Elena Nava, Centre for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, Italy Davide Bottari, Dipartimento di Scienze della Cognizione e della Formazione, Università di Trento, Italy Massimiliano Zampini, Dipartimento di Scienze della Cognizione e della Formazione, Università di Trento, Italy Francesco Pavani, Dipartimento di Scienze della Cognizione e della Formazione, Università di Trento, Italy "Comparable visual temporal order judgement abilities in profound deaf and normal-hearing individuals" Grad student symposium David Wozny, UCLA NeuroEngineering Aaron Seitz, Boston University Department of Psychology Ladan Shams, UCLA Department of Psychology "Adaptation to artificial associations between low-level visual and auditory features" Grad student symposium

3:40 PM - 4:10 PM in Quad Maclauren Hall	Afternoon tea

4:10 PM - 5:10 PM in Quad General Lecture Theatre	Talk

Chair: Laurence Harris, Centre for Vision Research, York University Presentations John Butler, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany Heinrich Bülthoff, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics Stuart Smith, Psychology, University College Dubin, Ireland "Integration of visual and vestibular cues to heading" Vestiubular and somatosensory Laurel Trainor, Psychology, Neurosience & Behaviour, McMaster University Xiaoqing Gao, Psychology, Neurosience & Behaviour, McMaster University Karen Lehtovaara, Psychology, Neurosience & Behaviour, McMaster University Jing-jiang Lei, Psychology, Neurosience & Behaviour, McMaster University Laurence Harris, Centre for Vision Research, York University "The Primal Role of the Vestibular System in Determining Musical Rhythm" Vestiubular and somatosensory Mark Yates, Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne Michael Nicholls, Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne "Somatosensory Prior Entry" Vestiubular and somatosensory

5:10 PM - 6:10 PM in Quad General Lecture Theatre	Keynote address

Presentation Olaf Blanke, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne "The body down under: multisensory coding of self-location" Blanke Keynote address

6:10 PM - 7:30 PM in Quad Maclauren Hall	Welcome cocktails

Friday, July 6, 2007

8:40 AM - 10:00 AM in Quad General Lecture Theatre	Talk

Chair: Shin'ya Nishida, NTT Communication Science Labs Presentations Gary Bargary, Dept. of Psychology, University of Dublin Trinity College Jason Chan, Dept. of Psychology, University of Dublin Trinity College Fiona Newell, Dept. of Psychology, University of Dublin Trinity College "Seeing where the ears hear: visual encoding of auditory spatial sequences" Spatiotemporal 1 Paola Binda, Department of Psychology, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 58, Milan, Italy; Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Via Morego 30, G David Burr, Department of Psychology, Università Degli Studi di Firenze, Via S. Niccolo` 89 Florence, Italy; Department of Psychology, University of Western Australia, Stirling Hw., Nedlands Perth, Western Australia, Australia Concetta Morrone, Department of Psychology, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 58, Milan, Italy; Istituto Nazionale di Neuroscienze, Italy "Spatio-temporal distortions of visual perception during saccades" Spatiotemporal 1 Jess Hartcher-O’Brien, School of Psychology, University of Sydney David Alais, School of Psychology, University of Sydney "Temporal Ventriloquism: Perceptual shifts forwards and backwards in time predicted by the maximum likelihood model" Spatiotemporal 1 Pascal Mamassian, CNRS &amp; Université Paris Descartes "Auditory flutter changes the perceived speed of visual motion" Spatiotemporal 1

10:00 AM - 11:30 PM in Quad Maclauren Hall	Poster

Presentations Matthew Ballesteros, School of Psychology, University of Sydney David Alais, School of Psychology, University of Sydney "Audiovisual interactions in detection of motion-in-depth" Audiovisual Ayla Barutchu, La Trobe University Sophie Cullum Jenkins, La Trobe University Amy Griffiths, La Trobe University Melissa Hatty, La Trobe University Felicity Wilkinson, La Trobe University David Crewther, Swinburne University of Technology Sheila Crewther, La Trobe University "The physiological effects of visual distracters on audiovisual matching of letters and novel symbols" Audiovisual Adam Bentvelzen, School of Psychology, University of Sydney David Alais, School of Psychology, University of Sydney "Maximum likelihood integration of audiovisual speed signals" Audiovisual Daniel Bergmann, Department of Neurology II, Otto von Guericke University, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany Charles Spence, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3UD, United Kingdom Hans-Jochen Heinze, Department of Neurology II, Otto von Guericke University, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany Toemme Noesselt, Department of Neurology II, Otto von Guericke University, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany "Is there a timeline in the human brain? or The spatial coding of audiovisual timing information in the human brain" Audiovisual Jennifer Bizley, Deparment of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford Andrew King, Deparment of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford "Auditory-visual spatial receptive fields in ferret auditory cortex" Audiovisual Lars T. Boenke, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany Matthias Deliano, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany Frank W. Ohl, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany "Interstimulus interaction in an audiovisual temporal order judgment task: The role of offset of the preceding stimulus and stimulus length on temporal perception." Audiovisual Bjoern Bonath, Department of Neurology II Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg Toemme Noesselt, Department of Neurology II Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg Antigona Martinez, Department of Neurosciences University of California San Diego Jyoti Mishra, Department of Neurosciences University of California San Diego Kati Schwiecker, Department of Neurology II Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg Hans-Jochen Heinze , Department of Neurology II Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg Steven A. Hillyard, Department of Neurosciences University of California San Diego "Neural correlates of the ventriloquist-illusion" Audiovisual Davide Bottari, Dipartimento di Scienze della Cognizione e della Formazione, Università di Trento, Italy Francesco Pavani, Dipartimento di Scienze della Cognizione e della Formazione, Università di Trento, Italy "Faster processing of visual transients in profound deaf individuals" Audiovisual Anna Brooks, Department of Psychology, Southern Cross University Erin Woolley, Department of Psychology, Southern Cross University Tabitha Phelps, Department of Psychology, Southern Cross University Olaf Blanke, Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Ricky van der Zwan, Department of Psychology, Southern Cross University "Multimodal influences on biological motion processing" Audiovisual Anne Caclin, INSERM U821, Lyon, France Patrick Bouchet, INSERM U821, Lyon, France Jacques Pernier, INSERM U821, Lyon, France Marie-Hélène Giard, INSERM U821, Lyon, France "Sound ameliorates visual contrast threshold" Audiovisual Laura Cook, University of Western Australia, School of Psychology David Van Valkenburg, University of Western Australia, School of Psychology "Crossmodal effects on auditory and visual grouping mechanisms" Audiovisual David Cottrell, Psychology, James Cook University John Prescott, Psychology, James Cook University Collette Purves, Psychology, James Cook University "Spatial congruency and the sound-induced flash illusion." Audiovisual David Hartnagel, IMASSA - Université Paris 8 Alain Bichot, IMASSA Corinne Roumes, IMASSA "Are visual-auditory fusion limits valid estimations of spatial disparity uncertainty?" Audiovisual Yuki Hongoh, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kobe University, Japan; JSPS Research Fellow Shinichi Kita, Faculty of Letters, Kobe University, Japan "Separation Between Sound and Light Enhances Audio-Visual Prior Entry Effect" Audiovisual Philip Jaekl, Psychology, York University Laurence Harris, Psychology and Biology, York University "Auditory-visual sensory integration lowers visual detection thresholds and raises discrimination thresholds" Audiovisual Simon Kelly, Cognitive Neurophysiology Lab, City College of New York Jennifer Montesi, Cognitive Neurophysiology Lab, Nathan Kline Institute John Foxe, Cognitive Neurophysiology Lab, Nathan Kline Institute "Active Suppression of Visual Distracters during difficult auditory discrimination: Effects of intensity and congruency" Audiovisual Lynnette Leone, Department of Psychology North Dakota State University Mark McCourt, Department of Psychology North Dakota State University "Unisensory Processing Time and Neural Coactivation: The Redundant Signals Effect Revisited" Audiovisual Daniel Linares, Department of Basic Psychology, University of Barcelona Salvador Soto-Faraco, ICREA-Department of Basic Psychology, University of Barcelona "Temporal ventriloquism studied by means of a backward masking paradigm" Audiovisual Conor O'Malley, School of Psychology, University College Dublin Aidan Moran, School of Psychology, University College Dublin "What did this picture sound like? Using paired audio-visual stimuli to test auditory imagery ability." Audiovisual Erol Ozmeral, Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory, Boston University, Boston USA Virginia Best, Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory, Boston University, Boston USA Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory, Boston University, Boston USA "Simple Visual Cues Enhance the Identification of Target Sounds in Complex Auditory Scenes" Audiovisual Amanda Parker, Dept. of Psychology, University of Sydney David Alais, Dept. of Psychology, University of Sydney "Unexpected auditory and visual events speed up binocular rivalry" Audiovisual Ben Schouten, University of Leuven, Belgium Karl Verfaillie, University of Leuven, Belgium "Phase adjustment of rhythmic auditory and visual streams" Audiovisual Nobu Shirai, Department of Psychology, Tokyo Metropolitan University / Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Takahiro Kawabe, User Science Institute, Kyushu University Yuji Wada, Sensory and Cognitive Food Science Laboratory, National Food Research Institute So Kanazawa, Department of Psychology, Shukutoku University Masami Yamaguchi, Department of Psychology, Chuo University / Japan Science and Technology Agency Kayo Miura, Department of Human Sciences, Faculty of Human-Environmental Studies, Kyushu University "Auditory temporal intervals distort infant perception of visual spatial interval" Audiovisual Sascha Tyll, Neurology II, University of Magdeburg Viktoria Kwiatkowski, Neurology II, University of Magdeburg Hans-Jochen Heinze , Neurology II, University of Magdeburg Toemme Noesselt, Neurology II, University of Magdeburg "Saliency affects the width of the audiovisual integration window" Audiovisual Rick van der Zwan, Southern Cross University David Cottrell, James Cook University Russell Reid, Southern Cross University Anna Brooks, Southern Cross University "The sound-induced flash illusion: auditory modulation of visual M-pathway activity" Audiovisual Rob L.J. van Eijk, Eindhoven University of Technology Armin Kohlrausch, Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven and Eindhoven University of Technology James F. Juola, Eindhoven University of Technology and University of Kansas Steven van de Par, Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven "Causal relationships affect audio-visual asynchrony detection: Opposite trends for different stimuli" Audiovisual Aleksander Väljamäe, Division of Applied Acoustics, Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden Salvador Soto-Faraco, ICREA &amp; Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain "Filling-in visual motion with sound" Audiovisual Yuji Wada, Food Function Division, National Food Research Institute Nobu Shirai , Department of Psychology, Chuo University and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Yumiko Otsuka , Department of Psychology, Chuo University and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Ippeita Dan , Food Function Division, National Food Research Institute Kaoru Kohyama , Food Function Division, National Food Research Institute Akira Midorikawa , Department of Psychology, Chuo University So Kanazawa , Department of Psychology, Shukutoku University Masami K. Yamaguchi, Department of Psychology, Chuo University "Sound enhances visual detection of illusory contour in infants" Audiovisual Sonia Wilkie, MARCS Auditory Laboratories, University of Western Sydney Catherine Stevens, MARCS Auditory Laboratories, University of Western Sydney "Pitch Interval and Perceived Spatialisation of the Sound Induced Illusory Flash" Audiovisual Xilong Zhi, Kyushu Institute of Technology Yasuhiko Saito, Ashikaga Institute of Technology Huaying Jin, Ashikaga Institute of Technology "A Study of Audiovisual Integrative Evoked Potentials Using Time-Frequency Independent Component Analysis" Audiovisual

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM in Quad Maclauren Hall	Morning tea

11:30 AM - 12:50 PM in Quad General Lecture Theatre	Talk

Chair: David Burr, Department of Psychology, University of Florence Presentations Amir Amedi, Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School. William Stern, Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School. Joan A Camprodon, Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School. Felix Bermpohl, Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School. Lotfi Merabet, Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School. Peter Meijer, NXP, formerly at Philips Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School. "EXTRACTING SHAPE AND LOCATION INFORMATION CONVEYED BY VISUAL-TO-AUDITORY SENSORY SUBSTITUTION ACTIVATES THE LATERAL OCCIPITAL COMPLEX AND DORSAL VISUAL STREAM RESPECTIVELY IN BLIND AND SIGHTED INDIVIDUALS." Imaging Marcus J. Naumer, Institute of Medical Psychology (IMP), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Yavor Yalachkov, Institute of Medical Psychology (IMP), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Andrea Polony, Institute of Medical Psychology (IMP), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Leonie Ratz, Institute of Medical Psychology (IMP), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Oliver Doehrmann, Institute of Medical Psychology (IMP), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Grit Hein, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, UC Berkeley, USA Jochen Kaiser, Institute of Medical Psychology (IMP), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany "Object-related visuo-tactile integration in the human cerebellum" Imaging Tommi Raij, MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA Jyrki Ahveninen, MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA Fa-Hsuan Lin, MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA Thomas Witzel, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA Iiro Jääskeläinen, Laboratory of Computational Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland Cherif Sahyoun, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA Christos Vasios, MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA Steven Stufflebeam, MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA Matti Hämäläinen, MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA John Belliveau, MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA "Onset timing of audiovisual crossmodal activations in primary sensory cortices" Imaging Yavor Yalachkov, Institute of Medical Psychology (IMP), and Brain Imaging Center (BIC), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Andrea Polony, Institute of Medical Psychology (IMP), and Brain Imaging Center (BIC), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Oliver Doehrmann, Institute of Medical Psychology (IMP), and Brain Imaging Center (BIC), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Jochen Kaiser, Institute of Medical Psychology (IMP), and Brain Imaging Center (BIC), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Marcus J. Naumer, Institute of Medical Psychology (IMP), and Brain Imaging Center (BIC), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany "Complementary contributions of the cerebellum and temporo-parietal cortex to object-related VT integration" Imaging

12:50 PM - 1:20 PM in Quad General Lecture Theatre	Business meeting

12:50 PM - 2:00 PM in Quad Maclauren Hall	Lunch

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM in Quad General Lecture Theatre

Symposium

Symposium Overview:

Sophie Molholm, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
"Multisensory integration: Evidence from human and non-human primate studies"

Papers in this Symposium:

Sophie Molholm, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
The Multisensory Nature of Object-Based Attention
John J. Foxe, City College of New York
Probability-based multisensory object formation: Rethinking cortical principles of sensory integration.
Arnaud Falchier, Nathan Kline Institute
Anatomical networks and physiological mechanisms of multisensory integration in macaque auditory cortex

Molholm symposium

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM in Quad Maclauren Hall	Afternoon tea

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM in Quad General Lecture Theatre	Talk

Chair: Penny Sanderson, School of Information Technology & Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland Presentations Isabelle Buelthoff, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Germany Fiona Newell, School of Psychology and Institute of Neuroscience, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin "Cross-modal face distinctiveness" Functional and applied Alexandre Lehmann, LPPA CNRS Manuel Vidal, MPI Tübingen Heinrich Bülthoff, MPI Tübingen "Combining sensory cues for spatial orientation: Assessing the contribution of different modalities in the facilitation of mental rotations" Functional and applied Sascha Serwe, University of Giessen, General and Experimental Psychology Knut Drewing, University of Giessen, General and Experimental Psychology Julia Trommershäuser, University of Giessen, General and Experimental Psychology "Goal-directed pointing movements and perceived direction of multi-sensory cues" Functional and applied

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM in Quad General Lecture Theatre	Keynote address

Presentation Heinrich Bülthoff, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics "Multisensory Integration in Virtual Environments" Bülthoff Keynote address

7:00 PM - 11:00 PM in L'Acqua Restaurant	Conference Dinner

Address: L’Acqua Restaurant, Terrace Level, Cockle Bay Wharf, Darling Harbour http://www.docksidegroup.com.au/venue/site/Venues/LAqua/home.asp

Saturday, July 7, 2007

8:40 AM - 10:00 AM in Quad General Lecture Theatre	Talk

Chair: Francesco Pavani, Dipartimento di Scienze della Cognizione e della Formazione, Università di Trento, Italy Presentations Justin Harris, Psychology, University of Sydney Ehsan Arabzadeh, Psychology, University of Sydney Clinton Moore, Psychology, University of Sydney Colin Clifford, Psychology, University of Sydney "Non-informative vision causes adaptive changes in tactile sensitivity" Audiotactile Norimichi Kitagawa, NTT Communication Science Laboratories Yuka Igarashi, Tokyo Metropolitan University, NTT Communication Science Laboratories Makio Kashino, NTT Communication Science Laboratories, ERATO Shimojo Implicit Brain Function Project, Tokyo Institute of Technology "Audiotactile interaction in continuity perception." Audiotactile Michiteru Kitazaki, Research Center for Future Vehicle, Toyohashi University of Technology Ai Hirata, Department of Knowledge-based Information Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology Naoyuki Matsuzaki, Research Center for Future Vehicle, Toyohashi University of Technology "Spatial-contingency effect on illusory flash perception induced by sound and touch" Audiotactile Andrea Polony, Institute of Medical Psychology (IMP), and Brain Imaging Center (BIC), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Leonie Ratz, Institute of Medical Psychology (IMP), and Brain Imaging Center (BIC), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Oliver Doehrmann, Institute of Medical Psychology (IMP), and Brain Imaging Center (BIC), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Jochen Kaiser, Institute of Medical Psychology (IMP), and Brain Imaging Center (BIC), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Marcus J. Naumer, Institute of Medical Psychology (IMP), and Brain Imaging Center (BIC), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany "Audio-tactile integration of meaningful objects in the human brain" Audiotactile

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM in Quad Maclauren Hall	Poster

Presentations Daniel R. Berger, MPI for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany Cengiz Terzibas, MPI for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany Heinrich H. Bülthoff, MPI for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany "Influence of visual and body rotation cues on helicopter stabilization" Functional and applied Olivier Collignon, Université de Montréal Marco Davare, Université catholique de Louvain Anne De Volder, Université catholique de Louvain Claude Veraart, Université catholique de Louvain Etienne Olivier, Université catholique de Louvain Colline Poirier, University of Antwerp Maryse Lassonde, Université de Montréal Franco Lepore, Université de Montréal "Time-course of posterior parietal and occipital cortex contribution to sound localization in early blind and sighted subjects." Functional and applied Sheila Crewther, La Trobe University Ayla Barutchu, La Trobe University David Crewther, Swinburne University of Technology "Visual interference on speech perception is greater at word offset than onset." Functional and applied Senem Eren, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Melbourne Vicki Anderson, Department of Psychology, Murdoch Childrens Research Centre Cathy Catroppa, Department of Psychology, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute Amanda Wood, Department of Medicine (Neurosciences), Monash University Justin Kenardy, Centre for National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine "Neural Substrates of post-traumatic stress symptoms in children with traumatic brain injury: What do we know from fMRI Studies?" Functional and applied Diane Humphrey, Psychology, King's University College at The University of Western Ontario Jonah Humphrey, Architecture, University of Waterloo "Vision and Haptics in the Design of Car Interiors" Functional and applied Oliver Kannape, Psychology, University College Dublin Diarmuid Whittle, Engineering, Universtity College Dublin Michael Gilchrist, Engineering, Universtity College Dublin Stuart Smith, Psychology, Universtiy College Dublin "Visual and Tactile Contributions to Self-Motion Perception" Functional and applied Jong Wan Kim, Department of Psychology, Yonsei University Eun Ju Tae, Graduate Program in Cognitive Science, Yonsei University Kwang Hee Han, Department of Psychology, Yonsei University "Interactive Effects of Mood-Congruency between Music and Text on Cognitive Processing" Functional and applied Stas Krupenia, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland Penelope Sanderson, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland "Effect of head mounted displays and multimodal support on detection of unexpected events" Functional and applied Elodie Le Berre Thierry Thomas-Danguin, UMR FLAVIC, INRA, Dijon (France) Noëlle Béno, UMR FLAVIC, INRA, Dijon (France) Gerard Coureaud , Centre Européen des Sciences du Goût, CNRS/Université de Bourgogne/INRA, Dijon, France. Patrick Etiévant, UMR FLAVIC, INRA, Dijon (France) John Prescott, Department of Psychology, James Cook University, Cairns (Australia) "Effects of Perceptual Processing Strategy and Exposure on the Perception of Odour Blending Mixtures" Functional and applied Ju Hwan Lee, Department of Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, KOREA Kwang Hee Han, Department of Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, KOREA "Crossmodal audiovisual display overcoming the lateral asymmetry of brake responses in the driving" Functional and applied Sarah McIntyre, School of Psychology, University of Sydney Tatjana Seizova-Cajic, School of Psychology, University of Sydney "Neck muscle vibration in full cues affects pointing" Functional and applied Khoa-Van Nguyen, IRCAM Matteo Dellepiane, ISTI-CNR Isabelle Viaud-Delmon, CNRS UPMC UMR 7593 Olivier Warusfel, IRCAM "Investigation of auditory-visual integration in VR environments" Functional and applied Young-hyun Park, Dpt. of Psychology, Yonsei University Kwang-hee Han, Dpt. of Psychology, Yonsei University "Interference of unrelated visual object in spatial decision of sound source: Cross modal attention research in a driving situation" Functional and applied Kaoru Sekiyama, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Letters, Kumamoto University Denis Burnham, MARCS Auditory Laboratories, University of Western Sydney "Inter-language differences in auditory-visual speech perception: A developmental examination" Functional and applied Clara Suied, CNRS-UPMC UMR 7593, La Salpetrière Hospital, Paris, France Nicolas Bonneel, REVES/INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis, France Isabelle Viaud-Delmon, CNRS-UPMC UMR 7593, La Salpetrière Hospital, Paris and IRCAM, Paris, France "Role of semantic vs spatial congruency in a bimodal go/no-go task" Functional and applied Wataru Teramoto, Department of Cognitive and Computational Psychophysics, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics Yuki Hongoh, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kobe Universtiy Shinichi Kita, Faculty of Letters, Kobe University "Auditory object-motion perception during actual self-motion" Functional and applied Matt Thompson, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland Sean Lowe, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland Penelope Sanderson, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland "Role of motion and sound in use of head-mounted displays" Functional and applied Isabelle Viaud-Delmon, CNRS UPMC UMR 7593 & IRCAM Frédéric Bevilacqua, IRCAM Olivier Warusfel, IRCAM "Multisensory memory span" Functional and applied Junji Watanabe, PRESTO Japan Science & Technology Agency / NTT Communication Science Laboratories Eisuke Kusachi "Pseudo-haptic feeling based on visual feedback of background motion" Functional and applied Lisa Wise, MUVES Research Project, The University of Melbourne James Quealy, MUVES Research Project, The University of Melbourne "Simulations in aviation and medicine: Psychomotor and cognitive factors influencing use in training" Functional and applied

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM in Quad Maclauren Hall	Morning tea

11:30 AM - 12:50 PM in Quad General Lecture Theatre	Talk

Chair: Salvator Soto-Faraco, ICREA, Parc Científic, Universitat de Barcelona Presentations Massimiliano Di Luca, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics Marc Ernst, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics "The time course of multimodal percepts induced by reliability changes" Spatiotemporal 2 Shin'ya Nishida, NTT Communication Science Labs Waka Fujisaki, NTT Communication Science Labs "Dissociations of temporal-order and synchrony judgments: Revisited" Spatiotemporal 2 Tatjana Seizova-Cajic, School of Psychology, University of Sydney W L Ben Sachtler, University of New South Wales "Motion afereffect in a multimodal sensory system" Spatiotemporal 2 Rob L.J. van Eijk, Eindhoven University of Technology Armin Kohlrausch, Eindhoven University of Technology and Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven James F. Juola, Eindhoven University of Technology and University of Kansas Steven van de Par, Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven "Causal relationships affect perceived audio-visual synchrony: Reversed effects for different judgment methods" Spatiotemporal 2

12:50 PM - 2:00 PM in Quad Maclauren Hall	Lunch

2:00 PM - 3:40 PM in Quad General Lecture Theatre

Symposium

Symposium Overview:

Stuart Smith, University College Dublin
"Multisensory mechanisms of posture control"

Papers in this Symposium:

Brian Day, MRC Human Movement Group, Sobell Department for Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London
Michel Guerraz, Laboratoire de Psychologie et Neurocognition CNRS UMR 5105 Université de Savoie, France.
Feedforward versus feedback modulation of human vestibular-evoked balance responses by visual self-motion information
Stephen Lord, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
Annie Butler
Richard Fitzpatrick
PROPRIOCEPTION, STRENGTH AND STANDING
Richard Fitzpatrick, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
Daina Sturnieks, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
Rebecca St George, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
Daniel Wardman
Vestibular-visual interactions in balance and orientation
Rebecca St George, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
Richard Fitzpatrick, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
Perceptions of orientation after vestibular, visual and proprioceptive conditioning
Ian Curthoys, Psychology, University of Sydney
Hamish MacDougall , Psychology, University of Sydney
Dena Attalla , Psychology, University of Sydney
Fabienne MBongo , LNRS, Universite Paris
Pierre-Paul Vidal , LNRS, Universite Paris
Catherine de Waele, LNRS, Universite Paris
Human head and body stability after unilateral vestibular loss

Smith symposium

3:40 PM - 4:10 PM in Quad Maclauren Hall	Afternoon tea

4:10 PM - 5:10 PM in Quad General Lecture Theatre	Talk

Chair: Pascal Mamassian, CNRS, Université Paris Descartes Presentations David Burr, Department of Psychology, University of Florence Robert Arrighi, Department of Psychology, University of Florence Francesco Marini, Department of Psychology, University of Florence "Audio-visual integration in the perception of tap dancing" Audiovisual Nadine Sarter, University of Michigan - Industrial and Operations Engineering "Crossmodal spatial and temporal links in attention: Their performance effects in complex event-driven domains" Audiovisual Salvador Soto-Faraco, ICREA & Parc Ciencitífic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona Jordi Navarra, Dept of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford and Parc Científic de Barcelona, University of Barcelona Whitney Weikum, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia Athena Vouloumanos, Department of Psychology, McGill University Núria Sebastián-Gallés, Departament de Psicología Básica & Parc Científic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona Janet Werker, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia "Discriminating languages by speech reading in adults and infants" Audiovisual

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