Multisensory integration is understood as the convergence of input from different sensory modalities, such as visual, auditory, or tactile. The ability of the brain to combine different sensory inputs ...

The brain doesn’t always benefit from combining the senses. In autism and ADHD, clarity often comes from choosing what to focus on, not from taking everything in at once.

A multivariate analysis of electroencephalography activity reveals super-additive enhancements to the neural encoding of audiovisual stimuli, providing new insights into how the brain integrates ...

Monica Gori, Principal Investigator at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and head of the Unit for Visually Impaired People Lab, explains the Multisensory Integration CLIMB. Monica Gori has developed ...

Research over recent decades has shown that multisensory integration does not emerge fully formed at birth but develops gradually from infancy through ...

I recently attended the International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF) in Reno, Nevada, where scientists from around the world gathered to share their research on how the multiple senses (vision, ...

Humans and other primates can jointly make sense of different types of sensory information, including sounds, smells, shapes and so on. By integrating sensory stimuli in the brain, they can better ...

From virtual reality to rehabilitation and communication, haptic technology has revolutionized the way humans interact with the digital world. While early haptic devices focused on single-sensory cues ...

Acoustoelectric component maker Primax Electronics expects multi-sensory integration products focused on vision, hearing, and touch, as well as public safety equipment, AIoT visual solutions, and ...

Multisensory perception and integration refer to the brain’s remarkable ability to combine stimuli from different sensory modalities into a unified, coherent experience. This process underpins ...

Like humans, octopuses can fall for the rubber hand illusion and believe that a fake arm is theirs. This suggests they have a sense of their own body, just as we do. Science X Daily and the Weekly ...