Multisensory integration: how visual experience shapes spatial perception.
The localisation of auditory and tactile events is strongly affected by visual information, reflecting the dominant role of vision in spatial perception. New research suggests that early visual experience is critical for the establishment of such multisensory links.
Eimer
Martin
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School of Psychology, Birbeck College, University of London, UK. m.eimer@bbk.ac.uk
D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology; D001766:Blindness / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000502:physiology*; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*