The Handbook of Multisensory Processes

Calvert, Gemma

ISBN 10: 0262033216 / ISBN 13: 9780262033213

Published by MIT Press, 2004

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A reference work for the emerging field of multisensory integration, covering multidisciplinary research that goes beyond the traditional "sense-by-sense" approach and recognizes that perception is fundamentally a multisensory experience. Editor(s): Calvert, Gemma; Spence, Charles; Stein, Barry E. Num Pages: 950 pages, 334 illus. BIC Classification: JMM; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 289 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2342. . 2004. hardcover. Not a first edition copy. . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Handbook of Multisensory Processes
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262033216
• ISBN 13: 9780262033213
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A reference work for the emerging field of multisensory integration, covering multidisciplinary research that goes beyond the traditional "sense-by-sense" approach and recognizes that perception is fundamentally a multisensory experience.

This landmark reference work brings together for the first time in one volume the most recent research from different areas of the emerging field of multisensory integration. After many years of using a modality-specific "sense-by-sense" approach, researchers across different disciplines in neuroscience and psychology now recognize that perception is fundamentally a multisensory experience. To understand how the brain synthesizes information from the different senses, we must study not only how information from each sensory modality is decoded but also how this information interacts with the sensory processing taking place within other sensory channels. The findings cited in The Handbook of Multisensory Processes suggest that there are broad underlying principles that govern this interaction, regardless of the specific senses involved.

The book is organized thematically into eight sections; each of the 55 chapters presents a state-of-the-art review of its topic by leading researchers in the field. The key themes addressed include multisensory contributions to perception in humans; whether the sensory integration involved in speech perception is fundamentally different from other kinds of multisensory integration; multisensory processing in the midbrain and cortex in model species, including rat, cat, and monkey; behavioral consequences of multisensory integration; modern neuroimaging techniques, including EEG, PET, and fMRI, now being used to reveal the many sites of multisensory processing in the brain; multisensory processes that require postnatal sensory experience to emerge, with examples from multiple species; brain specialization and possible equivalence of brain regions; and clinical studies of such breakdowns of normal sensory integration as brain damage and synesthesia.

About the Author

Gemma Calvert is a Wellcome Career Development Fellow and Head of the Multisensory Research Group at the Department of Physiology and Center for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain at Oxford University.