Investigating Visual to Auditory Crossmodal Compensation in a Model For Acute Blindness

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorDeSouza, Joseph
dc.creatorSavija, Nevena
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-26T15:30:04Z
dc.date.available2017-07-26T15:30:04Z
dc.date.copyright2016-05-24
dc.date.issued2017-07-26
dc.date.updated2017-07-26T15:30:03Z
dc.degree.disciplineBiology
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMSc - Master of Science
dc.description.abstractThis study examined neural integration of the sensory modalities of vision and hearing. The objective is to investigate whether an effect of cross-modal compensation of visual to auditory networks in human participants occurs with the deprivation of visual input. This model for acute blindness had a novel design that attempted to imitate true blindness. The experiment involved 10 participants wearing opaque contact lenses that blocked visual feedback for a total of five hours. The duration of the total experiment was approximately eight hours, and involved seven sessions. The overall accuracy across time did not improve in blind individuals (p = 0.586), however, there was a significant finding in speaker accuracy (p<0.000), and a significant interaction between session and speaker (p=0.004). Reaction time generated a main effect of session (p<0.000) and a significant main effect of speaker (p<0.000), but no significant interaction between session and speaker with respect to reaction time.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/33341
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectNeurosciences
dc.subject.keywordsAuditory
dc.subject.keywordsVisual
dc.subject.keywordsMultisensory
dc.subject.keywordsBehavioural science
dc.titleInvestigating Visual to Auditory Crossmodal Compensation in a Model For Acute Blindness
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Savija_Nevena_2016_Masters.pdf
Size:
1.78 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.83 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
YorkU_ETDlicense.txt
Size:
3.38 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download

Collections

Biology

All items in the YorkSpace institutional repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved except where explicitly noted.