Multisensory integration in cortex: shedding light on prickly issues.
Interactions between different sensory modalities can be observed in unimodal areas of the cortex, as revealed by recent neuroimaging studies. A new report by Macaluso and colleagues ( [this issue of Neuron]) shows that crossmodal effects of tactile stimulation in visual cortex critically depend on the spatial congruence of multisensory inputs. This work is discussed in relation to neural and computational models of multisensory integration.
Duhamel
Jean René
JR
Institut des Sciences Cognitives, CNRS, France.
D000818:Animals; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions / Q000502:physiology; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*