Confidence is higher in touch than in vision in cases of perceptual ambiguity

Abstract The inclination to touch objects that we can see is a surprising behaviour, given that vision often supplies relevant and sufficiently accurate sensory evidence. Here we suggest that this ‘fact-checking’ phenomenon could be explained if touch provides a higher level of perceptual certainty...

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Main Authors: Merle T. Fairhurst, Eoin Travers, Vincent Hayward, Ophelia Deroy
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/542591063ad2452fb8ad2bcf883aa8fe
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