Multisensory perception and integration

Frequency coding of multisensory integration in the local field potentials of the medial pulvinar

This study investigates multisensory integration in the medial pulvinar of macaques using local field potentials, finding sub-additive integration patterns in specific frequency bands.

Respiration facilitates behaviour during multisensory integration

This study examines how respiration affects reaction times and multisensory integration during a detection task, finding that response timing aligns with respiratory phases and that multisensory integration is strongest during the expiration-to-inspiration transition.

Integration of Audiovisual Motion in Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortical Neurons

The paper records single neurons in macaque dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during visual, auditory, and audiovisual motion, showing multisensory integration and nonlinear responses.

Visual Attention Dynamics Entrain to an Auditory Beat:The Palimpsest Paradigm

This study shows that rhythmic auditory cues enhance visual word recognition by directing attention to specific times, and this effect persists even after the sound stops.

Distinct cortical populations drive multisensory modulation of segregated auditory sources

The paper shows that distinct neural populations in the auditory cortex encode task-related information differently, with nSTRF neurons contributing more to multisensory behavior.

Visuoinertial and visual feedback in online steering control

The paper shows that combining visual and inertial feedback improves steering performance under dynamic perturbations, with better performance attributed to shorter vestibular delays.

Combined Auditory, Tactile, and Visual fMRI Reveals Sensory-Biased and Supramodal Working Memory Regions in Human Frontal Cortex

The Ventral Tectal Longitudinal Column: A Midbrain Nucleus for Modulation of Auditory Processing in the Cochlear Nucleus, Superior Olivary Complex and Inferior Colliculus

This study identifies a ventral tectal longitudinal column in mice with extensive auditory connections, similar to findings in rats.

Behavioural and physiological evidence for the development of cardiac-exteroceptive integration during the first year of life

The paper investigates cardiac-exteroceptive integration in infants using a modified iBEATs paradigm, finding that the ability to detect cardiac-exteroceptive synchrony emerges during the first year of life.

Topographic alignment of auditory inputs to the visual cortex

The paper investigates how auditory cortex inputs are organized in the visual cortex, finding that sound location information is differentially broadcast across visual areas matching their retinotopic bias.

Scikit-NeuroMSI: A Generalized Framework for Modeling Multisensory Integration

This paper introduces Scikit-NeuroMSI, a Python framework for modeling multisensory integration, demonstrating its use in comparing Bayesian and network models.

Shared and modality-specific brain networks underlying predictive coding of temporal sequences

The paper investigates brain networks involved in predictive coding of temporal sequences using MEG, finding modality-specific and shared networks for auditory and visual processing.

Somatosensory cortex and body representation: Updating the motor system during a visuo-proprioceptive cue conflict

The paper investigates how the brain updates hand position representation during visuo-proprioceptive conflicts and finds that primary somatosensory cortex (SI) mediates motor system updates through unisensory proprioceptive processing.

Lesions in the cerebellum impact cross-modal temporal predictions

This study shows that cerebellar lesions impair cross-modal temporal predictions in visuo-auditory stimulus processing.

Tracking neural representations of attended and unattended features in multisensory working memory over time

The paper investigates how task-irrelevant features are encoded in multisensory working memory under different attention conditions and finds that they persist and influence neural representations.

Increased excitation enhances the sound-induced flash illusion by impairing multisensory causal inference in the schizophrenia spectrum

This study uses a multisensory causal inference network to show that increased excitation in schizophrenia spectrum individuals enlarges temporal binding windows and increases illusion proneness.

Is it me or the train moving? Humans resolve sensory conflicts with a nonlinear feedback mechanism in balance control

The paper demonstrates a nonlinear feedback mechanism in balance control that resolves sensory conflicts by reconstructing reference frame motion, confirmed through experiments with human subjects.

Fusing multisensory signals across channels and time

The paper introduces a novel multisensory task to evaluate how well algorithms can integrate signals across sensory channels and time, showing that simple temporal integration can match complex recurrent models.

Non-conscious Multisensory Integration in the Ventriloquist Effect

This study investigates unconscious multisensory integration by showing that non-conscious visual stimuli influence sound localization, challenging theories that require conscious awareness for such integration.

Modelling Audio-Visual Reaction Time with Recurrent Mean-Field Networks

This paper develops and evaluates three models of audio-visual integration using a mean-field recurrent framework to understand how multisensory processing affects reaction times and accuracy.

Tactile and Visual Spatial Frequency Perception Follows Optimal Integration but Is Not Affected by Spatial Proximity

This study shows that visuotactile spatial frequency perception follows the MLE rule but is not affected by spatial proximity.

Cortical circuits for cross-modal generalization

This study shows that mice can generalize sensorimotor task rules between touch and vision using abstract representations of peri-personal space in the cortex, identifying a specific dorsal stream area as critical for this ability.

Differential contributions of low-frequency phase and power in crossmodal temporal prediction: A MEG study

This study investigates neural correlates of tactile-to-visual temporal prediction using MEG, finding increased delta ITPC during prediction and its correlation with prediction consistency.

Visuo-Vestibular Integration for Self-Motion: Human Cortical Area V6 Prefers Forward and Congruent Stimuli

The paper investigates how human cortical area V6 processes visuo-vestibular signals during self-motion, finding it preferentially responds to congruent and forward motion cues.

Two senses, one rhythm: Pre- and post-stimulus neural states predict perceived audio-visual synchrony

The paper investigates how pre- and post-stimulus neural states predict perceived audio-visual synchrony using MEG and frequency-tagging analysis.

Neocortical and hippocampal theta oscillations track audiovisual integration and replay of speech memories

This study shows that theta oscillations in the neocortex and hippocampus integrate and replay audiovisual speech memories, with reduced accuracy when speech is perceived asynchronously.

Top-down modulation of sensory processing and mismatch in the mouse posterior parietal cortex

The paper investigates how posterior parietal cortex (PPC) neurons in mice report sensory mismatch and expectation during learned auditory-tactile stimulus sequences, showing that M2 inhibition disrupts these responses.

Phonological representations of auditory and visual speech in the occipito-temporal cortex and beyond

This study identifies brain regions encoding both auditory and visual speech using fMRI, showing that the VWFA and lSTS represent phonological information from both modalities, with distinct alignment patterns.

Resting-state functional connectivity changes following audio-tactile speech training

The paper shows that audio-tactile speech training enhances specific brain connectivity patterns in resting-state functional MRI.

Association between high-frequency hearing sensitivity and visual cross-modal plasticity in typical-hearing adults

This study examines visual cross-modal plasticity in adults with varying high-frequency hearing sensitivity and finds increased visual activation in right auditory cortex associated with mild hearing loss.