Multisensory perception and integration

Reaching to sounds in virtual reality: A multisensory-motor approach to re-learn sound localisation

This study investigates spatial hearing re-learning using virtual reality, finding that active reaching improves sound localisation more than naming, with head movements playing a key role in this improvement.

Auditory-Vestibulomotor Temporal Processing and Crossmodal Plasticity for Musical Rhythm in the Early Blind

This study investigates auditory-vestibulomotor integration in the early blind using fMRI and motion capture, showing preserved circuitry and its correlation with physical activity.

Decoding across sensory modalities reveals common supramodal signatures of conscious perception

The paper investigates supramodal neural patterns predicting conscious perception across sensory modalities using MEG decoding analysis.

Bayesian estimation on logarithmic scales as an explanation for spatiotemporal interferences with a tendency of deceleration

The paper tests two models of spatiotemporal interference in the Kappa effect using Bayesian models on logarithmic scales, finding that slow speeds and Weber-Fechner law explain the deceleration tendency.

Irrelevant auditory and tactile signals, but not visual signals, interact with the target onset and modulate saccade latencies

This study shows that irrelevant auditory and tactile signals, but not visual signals, modulate saccade latencies when presented with a visual target, suggesting multisensory integration affects motor control.

Spectral Hallmark of Auditory-Tactile Interactions in the Mouse Somatosensory Cortex

The paper investigates tactile-auditory integration in mouse somatosensory cortices using two-photon imaging, finding robust inhibition in S2 and suggesting a local inhibitory circuit for spectral selection of inputs.

Computational Investigation of Visually Guided Learningof Spatially Aligned Auditory Maps in the Colliculus

The paper develops a model of stabilized neoHebbian learning to explain how visual input guides the formation and maintenance of spatially aligned auditory maps in the colliculus.

Stereotactic electroencephalography in humans reveals multisensory signal in early visual and auditory cortices

The paper uses SEEG recordings to show multisensory signals in early visual and auditory cortices during an audio-visual task, revealing cross-modal responses and frequency-specific modulations.

Learning to Integrate an Artificial Sensory Device: Early Bayesian Integration and Conscious Perception

This study shows humans can learn to integrate artificial tactile information with visual stimuli using Bayesian models, improving discrimination and confidence over time.

The neural computations for stimulus presence and modal identity diverge along a shared circuit

This study investigates how the brain represents stimulus presence and modal identity using neural recordings from non-human primates, finding distinct spatiotemporal dynamics in S1 and PMv cortices.

Resolving multisensory and attentional influences across cortical depth in sensory cortices

The paper investigates how multisensory and attentional influences vary across cortical depth in sensory cortices using fMRI, finding distinct depth-dependent patterns in auditory and visual cortices.

Voice and Face Gender Perception engages multimodal integration via multiple feedback pathways.

The paper investigates how face and voice gender perception involves multimodal integration through top-down influences and multiple feedback pathways using behavioral and brain imaging techniques.

Cross-modal integration of reward value during oculomotor planning

The paper investigates how reward value is integrated across sensory modalities during oculomotor planning, showing that integration depends on perceptual alignment and reward congruence.

Skipping a beat: heartbeat-evoked potentials reflect predictions during interoceptive-exteroceptive integration.

The paper investigates how attention and interoceptive ability modulate cross-modal predictive mechanisms using heartbeat-evoked potentials (HEPs) in response to auditory stimuli.

Visual self-motion cues are impaired in Parkinson's disease yet over-weighted during visual-vestibular integration

This study investigates self-motion perception in Parkinson's disease, finding impaired visual perception and over-weighting of visual cues during integration.

Face Viewing Behavior Predicts Multisensory Gain During Speech Perception

The paper shows that eye movement patterns during face viewing predict individual differences in audiovisual speech perception benefits.

Visual body form and orientation cues do not modulate visuo-tactile temporal integration

This study investigates whether visual cues affect visuo-tactile temporal integration using a temporal order judgment task and finds no modulation by visual form or orientation cues.

Visual landmarks calibrate auditory space across eye movements

The paper shows that visual landmarks recalibrate auditory spatial perception during eye movements, even when head position is stable.

Emergence of opposite neurons in a decentralized firing-rate model of multisensory integration

The paper introduces a model where congruent and opposite neurons emerge through Hebbian and anti-Hebbian learning rules, reproducing experimentally observed tuning properties in multisensory integration.

Re-weighting of Sound Localization Cues by Audiovisual Training

This study shows that visual contextual information can reweight auditory localization cues, but improvements in sound localization only occur with fully congruent audiovisual training.

Cross-modal temporal biases emerge during early sensitive periods

The paper shows that congenital visual loss leads to altered cross-modal temporal perception biases, suggesting these biases develop during an early sensitive period.

Not so automatic: Task relevance and perceptual load modulate cross-modal semantic congruence effects on spatial orienting

The paper investigates how task relevance and perceptual load affect cross-modal semantic congruence effects on spatial attention, finding that congruence only speeds visual search under specific conditions.

Characteristic sounds facilitate object search in real-life scenes

This study shows that characteristic sounds improve visual search for relevant objects in natural scenes but do not enhance distractor salience.

Emergence of β and γ networks following multisensory training

The paper shows that multisensory training leads to increased beta and gamma network synchronization in prefrontal, parietal, and visual cortices, improving perceptual task efficiency.

Emergence of opposite neurons in a firing-rate model of multisensory integration

This paper introduces a network model that learns opposite neurons using Hebbian and Anti-Hebbian rules, explaining their formation and role in multisensory integration.

How non-veridical perception drives actions in healthy humans - Evidence from Synaesthesia

The paper shows that non-veridical perceptions influence actions in healthy humans, with high-order brain processes mediating this effect, challenging assumptions about perception-action interactions.

Tonotopic and multisensory organization of the mouse dorsal inferior colliculus revealed by two-photon imaging

The paper uses two-photon imaging in awake mice to study the functional organization of the dorsal and lateral cortices of the inferior colliculus, revealing spatial microheterogeneity and a frequency tuning gradient.

The principle of inverse effectiveness in audiovisual speech perception

The paper investigates audiovisual speech perception, showing that inverse effectiveness occurs when speech recognition difficulty determines the benefit of combining auditory and visual cues.

Multiple non-auditory cortical regions innervate the auditory midbrain

The paper identifies multiple non-auditory cortical regions that project to the auditory midbrain in rats, revealing a network involving sensory, motor, and prefrontal cortices.

Spatially segregated responses to visuo-tactile stimuli in mouse neocortex during active sensation

The paper investigates multisensory integration in mouse neocortex by examining tactile and visual responses in primary sensory areas during active sensation, finding segregation of responses in primary cortices.