Abnormal sensory responses are a DSM‐5 symptom of autism spectrum disorder (ASD),
and research findings demonstrate altered sensory processing in ASD. Beyond difficulties …

An ability to integrate information provided by different sensory modalities is a fundamental
feature of neurons in many brain areas. Because visual and auditory inputs often originate …

Temperature is a fundamental sensory modality separate from touch, with dedicated
receptor channels and primary afferent neurons for cool and warm,–. Unlike for other …

Primary sensory cortex has long been believed to play a straightforward role in the initial
processing of sensory information. Yet, the superficial layers of cortex overall are sparsely …

Integration of information across the senses is critical for perception and is a common
property of neurons in the cerebral cortex, where it is thought to arise primarily from …

Somatosensory, taste, vestibular, and auditory information is first processed in the
brainstem. From the brainstem, the respective information is relayed to specific regions …

Speech perception is known to be a multimodal process, relying not only on auditory input
but also on the visual system and possibly on the motor system as well. To date there has …

Merging information across sensory modalities is key to forming robust percepts, yet how the
brain achieves this feat remains unclear. Recent studies report cross-modal influences in the …

In the thermal system, skin cooling is represented in the primary somatosensory cortex (S1)
and the posterior insular cortex (pIC). Whether S1 and pIC are nodes in anatomically …

The ventral posterolateral nucleus (VPL), being categorized as the first‐order thalamic
nucleus, is considered to be dedicated to uni‐modal somatosensory processing. Cross …