Table 4.
Mean response rates for true targets and the illusion stimuli by group
Unimodal hit rate |
Bimodal hit rate |
Double-flash illusion |
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Visual | Somatosensory | Visual attention | Somatosensory attention | Illusion | Nonillusory control | |||||||
Deaf (%) | 36 | (4.7) | 58 | (2.7) | 36 | (5.0) | 59 | (3.3) | 37 | (7.8) | 9.8 | (1.6) |
Hearing (%) | 44 | (4.3) | 56 | (1.7) | 39 | (5.0) | 55 | (3.8) | 12 | (1.8) | 10.8 | (1.7) |
SEM is in parentheses. There were no significant group differences in hit rates to true unimodal or bimodal targets; response rates to the illusion condition were larger in the deaf group.