Multisensory perception and integration

Broad generalisation of the ventriloquism aftereffect across sound frequencies

The paper investigates how the ventriloquism aftereffect generalizes across sound frequencies, finding it persists across all tested frequencies after audiovisual exposure.

Dissociable frequency regimes in human temporal cortex integrate facial and acoustic cues during natural speech

The paper investigates how human temporal cortex integrates facial and acoustic cues during speech, revealing distinct frequency-dependent integration regimes in different regions.

Young children rely on visual information to process degraded speech: Evidence from behavioural and neuroimaging measures

This study investigates how young children process degraded speech using eye-tracking and fNIRS, finding increased visual attention to the mouth with degraded speech and age-related differences in brain activity.

Inverted encoding of neural responses to audiovisual stimuli reveals super-additive multisensory enhancement

The paper uses inverted encoding to analyze EEG responses to audiovisual stimuli and finds super-additive multisensory integration in multivariate patterns, not univariate responses.

Causal inference shapes crossmodal postdiction in multisensory integration

The paper investigates crossmodal postdiction in the audiovisual rabbit illusion using Bayesian causal inference models, showing that the BCI framework explains the phenomenon better than other models.

Spatial correspondences of Audiovisual Stimuli on Double Flash Illusion Perception and its Cognitive Modeling

This study investigates how spatial factors affect audiovisual integration using the Sound-Induced Flash Illusion, finding increased integration in peripheral vision and no effect from spatial congruence.

Matching sounds to shapes: Evidence of the Bouba-Kiki effect in naive baby chicks

The study tests the Bouba-Kiki effect in three-day-old chicks, finding they associate spiky shapes with 'Kiki' and round shapes with 'Bouba', suggesting an innate perceptual mechanism.

Modular Integration of Auditory Instructions and Visual Cues into the Cortical Reach Network

The paper investigates how auditory and visual cues are integrated into the cortical reach network using fMRI, finding distinct modules for each cue type and their interaction.

Locomotion-induced neural activity independent of auditory feedback in the mouse inferior colliculus

This study shows that mouse inferior colliculus neurons respond to locomotion independently of auditory feedback, with both predictive and feedback components.

Crossmodal Interaction of Flashes and Beeps Across Time and Number Follows Bayesian Causal Inference

This study extends Bayesian Causal Inference (BCI) to multidimensional sensory processing, showing it accurately predicts multisensory perception outcomes across varying temporal and numerical disparities.

Watching Yourself Talk: Motor Experience Sharpens Sensitivity to Gesture-Speech Asynchrony

The paper shows that producing speech and gestures enhances sensitivity to audiovisual asynchrony, suggesting predictive motor mechanisms improve multisensory integration.

Invisible flashes bias spatial coding in the auditory system

This study shows that invisible flashes influence spatial perception of sounds by biasing neural encoding even when the flashes are not consciously perceived.

Neural reinstatement of features in audiovisual working memory indicatesobject-based retrieval

The paper investigates how attention operates on audiovisual working memory by comparing feature-based and object-based retrieval, finding that object-based retrieval is more efficient and involves cross-modal feature activation.

Beta oscillations support somatosensory temporal integration for body ownership

The paper shows that beta frequency predicts somatosensory temporal integration during self-touch, while alpha frequency governs visuotactile integration when vision is present.

Cerebral bases of audiovisual temporal binding window: an awake surgery study

This study identifies right-lateralized cortical regions involved in audiovisual temporal binding using direct electrical stimulation during awake surgery.

Augmentation of self-motion perception with synthetic auditory cues

This study tests if synthetic auditory cues can improve self-motion perception when combined with vestibular cues, finding improved thresholds but suboptimal integration due to underweighting of synthetic cues.

The neural organization of visual information in the auditory cortex of the congenitally deaf

This study uses fMRI to investigate retinotopic responses in the auditory cortex of congenitally deaf individuals, finding cross-modal visual representations in the deaf but not in hearing participants.

A Deep Neural Network Model of Audiovisual Speech Recognition Reports the McGurk Effect

The paper demonstrates that a deep neural network model, AVHuBERT, can replicate the McGurk effect, showing similar perceptual responses to humans when exposed to audiovisual speech stimuli.

On the Independence of Individual Elements of Visual, Auditory and Tactile Sensor Structures in the Functioning of a Simple Sensorimotor Reaction

The paper investigates the functional independence of neural pathways for different sensory modalities during recovery from sensorimotor reactions, finding that alternating stimulation reduces relaxation time constants across all modalities.

Population decoding of sound source location by receptive field neurons in the mouse superior colliculus

The paper develops a population decoding model to predict sound source location using mouse superior colliculus neurons, showing that mutual information weighted models perform best with RF neurons.

The cortical contribution to the speech-FFR is not modulated by visual information

The study investigates whether visual information modulates the cortical contribution to the speech-FFR and finds no significant modulation despite improved speech-in-noise comprehension with visual input.

Cortical cognitive processing explains and predicts superior colliculus signals and timing of gaze shifts to multisensory targets.

This paper develops a computational model that explains how cortical cognitive processes influence superior colliculus signals and the timing of gaze shifts to multisensory targets.

The Ventral Attention Network Mediates Attentional Reorienting to Cross-Modal Expectancy Violations: Evidence from EEG and fMRI

This study investigates the role of the Ventral Attention Network (VAN) in attentional reorienting during cross-modal expectancy violations using EEG and fMRI.

Decoding the ''bouba-kiki'' effect in early visual cortex

The paper shows that sound symbolic words like 'bouba' and 'kiki' activate distinct neural patterns in early visual cortex, linking phonological features to shape perception.

Feeling the music: Audiotactile encoding of temporal structure in the human brain

This study investigates how vibrotactile signals influence music processing and auditory scene analysis by combining fMRI, EEG, and psychophysics in human participants.

Parietal alpha frequency shapes own-body perception by modulating the temporal integration of bodily signals

The paper shows that individual alpha frequency from the parietal cortex predicts temporal binding windows and body ownership perception, with faster frequencies narrowing windows and increasing sensitivity.

Talking avatars can differentially modulate cortical speech tracking in the high and in the low delta band

This study investigates how the brain processes audiovisual speech from natural videos, avatars, and degraded videos, revealing distinct neural tracking patterns in different frequency bands.

Shaped by meaning, weighted by reliability: New insights into multisensory integration

This study investigates how semantic context and sensory reliability influence multisensory integration in decision-making, revealing two distinct pathways for combining sensory information.

Did you see the sound? A Bayesian Perspective on Crossmodal Perception in Low Vision

The paper investigates crossmodal perception in low vision and finds that auditory-driven illusions depend on local visual reliability rather than global enhancement.

Cortex-wide circuits for multisensory evidence accumulation and choice formation

The paper identifies hierarchical cortical circuits for multisensory evidence accumulation and choice formation in mice using imaging and optogenetic perturbations.