Multisensory perception: Beyond modularity and convergence
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Recent research on multisensory perception suggests a number of general principles for crossmodal integration and that the standard model in the field--feedforward convergence of information--must be modified to include a role for feedback projections from multimodal to unimodal brain areas.
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A holistic picture of perceptual representation cannot be constructed without understanding multisensory interactions.
“The literature on multimodal interactions (see e.g. Deroy, Chen & Spence, 2014; Driver & Spence, 2000; Koelewijn, Bronkhorst & Theeuwes, 2010; Kristjánsson, Thorvaldsson, & Kristjánsson, 2014; Stein & Meredith, 1993) makes clear that a holistic picture of perceptual representation cannot be constructed without understanding multisensory interactions.”
From Designing sensory-substitution devices: Principles, pitfalls and potential1 (2016) · cites this paper as Driver & Spence, 2000
Our representation of the environment is multimodal.
“In fact, as argued above, our representation of the environment is multimodal (see e.g. Driver & Spence, 2000), raising the question of the relative roles of unimodal versus multimodal processing.”
From Designing sensory-substitution devices: Principles, pitfalls and potential1 (2016) · cites this paper as Driver & Spence, 2000
Evidence of multi-modal processing may present challenges for sensory substitution, but this may bode well for any sensory substitution device and may be a prerequisite for a successful device, as long as these principles are considered during design.
“While evidence of multi-modal processing (Driver & Spence, 2000) may present challenges for sensory substitution, the converse might also be argued: this may bode well for any sensory substitution device – and may in many ways be a prerequisite for a successful device, as long as these principles are considered during design.”
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- Authors
- Driver, J., & Spence, C.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Driver, Jon
- Spence, Charles
- ORCID
- Spence, Charles
- Venue
- Current Biology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2000-10
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 20
- Pages
- R731-R735
- ISSN
- 0960-9822 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1973582457
- Cited by
- 465
- References
- 2
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- FWCI
- 2.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Current Biology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Medical Research Council
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Keywords
- multisensory perception, cross-modal integration, feedback projections, modularity, convergence, multimodal integration
- MeSH terms
- Brain, Feedback, Humans, Models, Neurological, Models, Psychological, Perception
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