Multisensory Processes: A Balancing Act across the Lifespan.

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Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
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Title
Multisensory Processes: A Balancing Act across the Lifespan.
Journal
Trends in neurosciences
Author(s)
Murray M.M., Lewkowicz D.J., Amedi A., Wallace M.T.
ISSN
1878-108X (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0166-2236
Publication state
Published
Issued date
08/2016
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
39
Number
8
Pages
567-579
Language
english
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Publication types: Journal Article ; Review
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Multisensory processes are fundamental in scaffolding perception, cognition, learning, and behavior. How and when stimuli from different sensory modalities are integrated rather than treated as separate entities is poorly understood. We review how the relative reliance on stimulus characteristics versus learned associations dynamically shapes multisensory processes. We illustrate the dynamism in multisensory function across two timescales: one long term that operates across the lifespan and one short term that operates during the learning of new multisensory relations. In addition, we highlight the importance of task contingencies. We conclude that these highly dynamic multisensory processes, based on the relative weighting of stimulus characteristics and learned associations, provide both stability and flexibility to brain functions over a wide range of temporal scales.

Keywords
Aging/physiology, Animals, Humans, Learning/physiology, Perception/physiology, aging., cross-modal, development, learning, multisensory, plasticity
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Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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