title: An introduction to the special issue on Multisensory Perception.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Tohoku Gakuin University, 2-1-1 Tenjinzawa, Izumi-ku, Sendai 981-3193, Japan; e-mail: sakurai@mind.tohoku-gakuin.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kenzo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.affiliation: Human Information Science Laboratory, NTT Communication Science Laboratories, 3-1 Morinosato Wakamiya, Atsugi, Kanagawa 243-0198, Japan; e-mail: kitagawa.norimichi@lab.ntt.co.jp.
authors.forename: Norimichi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.affiliation: Tohoku University, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan; e-mail: yoh@riec.tohoku.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Yôiti
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki