Crossmodal interactions in human learning and memory
Most studies of memory and perceptual learning in humans have employed unisensory settings to simplify the study paradigm. However, in daily life we are often surrounded by complex and cluttered scenes made up of many objects and sources of sensory stimulation. Our experiences are, therefore, highly...
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| description | Most studies of memory and perceptual learning in humans have employed unisensory settings to simplify the study paradigm. However, in daily life we are often surrounded by complex and cluttered scenes made up of many objects and sources of sensory stimulation. Our experiences are, therefore, highly multisensory both when passively observing the world and when acting and navigating. We argue that human learning and memory systems are evolved to operate under these multisensory and dynamic conditions. The nervous system exploits the rich array of sensory inputs in this process, is sensitive to the relationship between the sensory inputs, and continuously updates sensory representations, and encodes memory traces based on the relationship between the senses. We review some recent findings that demonstrate a range of human learning and memory phenomena in which the interactions between visual and auditory modalities play an important role, and suggest possible neural mechanisms that can underlie some surprising recent findings. We outline open questions as well as directions of future research to unravel human perceptual learning and memory. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0b92f1958dad45ada2d797d626fcd4ea2023-05-17T05:28:42ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612023-05-011710.3389/fnhum.2023.11817601181760Crossmodal interactions in human learning and memoryCarolyn A. Murray0Ladan Shams1Ladan Shams2Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDepartment of Bioengineering, Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesMost studies of memory and perceptual learning in humans have employed unisensory settings to simplify the study paradigm. However, in daily life we are often surrounded by complex and cluttered scenes made up of many objects and sources of sensory stimulation. Our experiences are, therefore, highly multisensory both when passively observing the world and when acting and navigating. We argue that human learning and memory systems are evolved to operate under these multisensory and dynamic conditions. The nervous system exploits the rich array of sensory inputs in this process, is sensitive to the relationship between the sensory inputs, and continuously updates sensory representations, and encodes memory traces based on the relationship between the senses. We review some recent findings that demonstrate a range of human learning and memory phenomena in which the interactions between visual and auditory modalities play an important role, and suggest possible neural mechanisms that can underlie some surprising recent findings. We outline open questions as well as directions of future research to unravel human perceptual learning and memory.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1181760/fullmultisensoryperceptual learningadaptationrecalibrationmultisensory memorymultisensory learning |
| spellingShingle | Carolyn A. Murray Ladan Shams Ladan Shams Crossmodal interactions in human learning and memory Frontiers in Human Neuroscience multisensory perceptual learning adaptation recalibration multisensory memory multisensory learning |
| title | Crossmodal interactions in human learning and memory |
| title_full | Crossmodal interactions in human learning and memory |
| title_fullStr | Crossmodal interactions in human learning and memory |
| title_full_unstemmed | Crossmodal interactions in human learning and memory |
| title_short | Crossmodal interactions in human learning and memory |
| title_sort | crossmodal interactions in human learning and memory |
| topic | multisensory perceptual learning adaptation recalibration multisensory memory multisensory learning |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1181760/full |
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