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Reaction times and the relative latency evaluated by the temporal-order-judgment method for two stimuli of different modalities (visual and auditory) were measured. The difference between reaction times for visual and auditory stimuli was about 40 ms. The relative latency was slightly shorter, however; in conflict with Rutschmann and Link's (1964) previous result, the auditory stimulus must be delayed to be perceived simultaneously with the visual one.
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Jaśkowski, P., Jaroszyk, F. & Hojan-Jezierska, D. Temporal-order judgments and reaction time for stimuli of different modalities. Psychol. Res 52, 35–38 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00867209
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