title: Bridging the gap between theories of sensory cue integration and the physiology of multisensory neurons.
abstract: The richness of perceptual experience, as well as its usefulness for guiding behaviour, depends on the synthesis of information across multiple senses. Recent decades have witnessed a surge in our understanding of how the brain combines sensory cues. Much of this research has been guided by one of two distinct approaches: one is driven primarily by neurophysiological observations, and the other is guided by principles of mathematical psychology and psychophysics. Conflicting results and interpretations have contributed to a conceptual gap between psychophysical and physiological accounts of cue integration, but recent studies of visual-vestibular cue integration have narrowed this gap considerably.
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Fetsch
authors.forename: Gregory C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: DeAngelis
authors.forename: Dora E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Angelaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D003463:Cues; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*