Multisensory integration

Multisensory integration, also known as multimodal integration, is the study of how information from the different sensory modalities (such as sight, sound, touch, smell, self-motion, and taste) may be integrated by the nervous system.^[1] A coherent representation of objects combining modalities enables animals to have meaningful perceptual experiences. Indeed, multisensory integration is central to adaptive behavior because it allows animals to perceive a world of coherent perceptual entities.^[2] Multisensory integration also deals with how different sensory modalities interact with one another and alter each other's processing.

^ Stein, BE.; Stanford, TR.; Rowland, BA. (Dec 2009). "The neural basis of multisensory integration in the midbrain: its organization and maturation". Hear Res. 258 (1–2): 4–15. doi:10.1016/j.heares.2009.03.012. PMC 2787841. PMID 19345256.
^ Lewkowicz DJ, Ghazanfar AA (November 2009). "The emergence of multisensory systems through perceptual narrowing" (PDF). Trends Cogn. Sci. (Regul. Ed.). 13 (11): 470–8. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.554.4323. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2009.08.004. PMID 19748305. S2CID 14289579.

[Stein_Stanford_2009-1] Stein, BE.; Stanford, TR.; Rowland, BA. (Dec 2009). "The neural basis of multisensory integration in the midbrain: its organization and maturation". Hear Res. 258 (1–2): 4–15. doi:10.1016/j.heares.2009.03.012. PMC 2787841. PMID 19345256.

[Lewkowicz_2009-2] Lewkowicz DJ, Ghazanfar AA (November 2009). "The emergence of multisensory systems through perceptual narrowing" (PDF). Trends Cogn. Sci. (Regul. Ed.). 13 (11): 470–8. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.554.4323. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2009.08.004. PMID 19748305. S2CID 14289579.

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