Using two senses rather than one makes us better. But does it make us also surer? Consider this detour: You hear a story from one friend, or you hear the same story, by two independent friends. In this project, we consider whether we are, as it seems we should, be more confident of what we perceive with two senses, even though we may not be more correct. We also consider how this confidence reflects the confidence we have in each sensory information: Is it an average? is it related to the reliability of each sense?
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Garzorz, I., Deroy, O. (2020).Why there is a vestibular sense, or how metacognition individuates the senses. Multisensory Research, 34(3), 261-280. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22134808-bja10026
Deroy, O., Faivre, N., Lunghi, C., Spence, C., Aller, M., & Noppeney, U. (2016). The complex interplay between multisensory integration and perceptual awareness. Multisensory research, 29(6-7), 585-606. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22134808-00002529
Deroy, O., Spence, C., & Noppeney, U. (2016). Metacognition in multisensory perception. Trends in cognitive sciences, 20(10), 736-747. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2016.08.006
Deroy, O., Chen, Y. C., & Spence, C. (2014). Multisensory constraints on awareness. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 369(1641), 20130207. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2013.0207
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