Multisensory integration produces an initial response enhancement
The brain has evolved the ability to integrate information across the senses in order to improve the detection and disambiguation of biologically significant events. This multisensory synthesis of information leads to faster (and more accurate) behavioral responses, yet the underlying neural mechani...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2007-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/neuro.07.004.2007/full |