In everyday life our brain often receives information about events and objects in the real
world via several sensory modalities, because natural objects often stimulate more than one …

Numerous studies in both monkey and human provided evidence for multisensory
integration at high-level and low-level cortical areas. This chapter focuses on the anatomical …

In order to interact with the multisensory world that surrounds us, we must integrate various
sources of sensory information (vision, hearing, touch…). A fundamental question is thus …

Understanding the conditions under which the brain integrates the different sensory streams
and the mechanisms supporting this phenomenon is now a question at the forefront of …

Incoming signals from different sensory modalities are initially processed in separate brain
regions. But because these different signals can arise from common events or objects in the …

Multisensory integration does not only recruit higher-level association cortex, but also low-
level and even primary sensory cortices. Here, we will describe and quantify two types of …

Highlights•Multisensory integration is modulated by bottom-up and top-down factors.•The
core bottom-up features for multisensory integration are strength, location and timing of the …

Previous fMRI research identified superior temporal sulcus as central integration area for
audiovisual stimuli. However, less is known about a general multisensory integration …

The anatomical organization of the brain is such that incoming signals from different sensory
modalities are initially processed in anatomically separate regions of the cortex. When these …

Multisensory integration (MSI) occurs in a variety of brain areas, spanning cortical and
subcortical regions. In traditional studies on sensory processing, the sensory cortices have …