Dataset for: Representational Momentum in vision and touch: Visual motion information biases tactile spatial localization

Dataset for the study "Representational Momentum in vision and touch: Visual motion information biases tactile spatial localization", to-be-published in Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. For further information please refer to the aforementioned paper. The .sav data files can be analysed with the respective SPSS Syntax code available under "Code for: Representational Momentum in vision and touch: Visual motion information biases tactile spatial localization". After an object disappears, the vanishing point is shifted in the direction of motion, a phenomenon known as representational momentum. The present study focused on the relationship between motion information and spatial location in a crossmodal setting. In two visuotactile experiments, we studied how motion information in one sensory modality affects the perceived final location of a motion signal (congruent vs. incongruent left-right motion direction) in another modality. The results revealed a unidirectional crossmodal influence of motion information on spatial localization performance. While visual motion information influenced the perceived final location of the tactile stimulus, tactile motion information had no influence on visual localization. These results therefore extend the existing literature on crossmodal influences on spatial location and are discussed in relation to current theories of multisensory perception. Dataset for: Merz, S., Meyerhoff, H. S., Frings, C., & Spence, C. (2020). Representational momentum in vision and touch: Visual motion information biases tactile spatial localization. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 82(5), 2618–2629. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-020-01989-1 Open Access funding provided by Projekt DEAL.