Eye position and cross-sensory learning both contribute to prism adaptation of auditory space.

Progress in Brain Research
Qi N CuiGary D Paige

Abstract

Optical prisms shift visual space, and through adaptation over time, generate a compensatory realignment of sensory-motor reference frames. In humans, prism-induced lateral shifts of visual space produce a corresponding shift in sound localization. We recently reported that sound localization shifts towards eccentric eye position, approaching approximately 40% of gaze over several minutes. Given that eye position affects sound localization directly, prism adaptation may well reflect contributions of both eye position and sensory adaptation; while the visual world is shifted by the prisms, the eyes must also shift simply to gaze ahead. To test this new concept of prism adaptation, 10 young (18-27 year) adults localized sound targets before and after 4 h of adaptation to base-right or base-left prisms that induced an 11.4 degrees shift left or right, respectively. In separate sessions subjects were exposed to: (1) natural binaural hearing; (2) diotically presented inputs devoid of meaningful spatial cues; or (3) attenuated hearing to simulate hearing loss. These preliminary results suggest that the prism adaptation of auditory space is dependent on two independent influences: (1) the effect of displaced mean eye position induced ...Continue Reading

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Dec 8, 2017·Frontiers in Human Neuroscience·Elena CalzolariGiuseppe Vallar
Aug 2, 2018·PloS One·Adam K BosenGary D Paige

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