Multisensory processes: a balancing act across the lifespan

MM Murray, DJ Lewkowicz, A Amedi… - Trends in neurosciences, 2016 - cell.com
Multisensory processes are fundamental in scaffolding perception, cognition, learning, and
behavior. How and when stimuli from different sensory modalities are integrated rather than …

The multisensory function of the human primary visual cortex

MM Murray, A Thelen, G Thut, V Romei, R Martuzzi… - Neuropsychologia, 2016 - Elsevier
It has been nearly 10 years since Ghazanfar and Schroeder (2006) proposed that the
neocortex is essentially multisensory in nature. However, it is only recently that sufficient and …

[HTML][HTML] Decoding sound and imagery content in early visual cortex

P Vetter, FW Smith, L Muckli - Current Biology, 2014 - cell.com
Human early visual cortex was traditionally thought to process simple visual features such
as orientation, contrast, and spatial frequency via feedforward input from the lateral …

Cortical microstructural changes along the Alzheimer's disease continuum

V Montal, E Vilaplana, D Alcolea… - Alzheimer's & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Cortical mean diffusivity (MD) and free water fraction (FW) changes are
proposed biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Methods We included healthy control …

[HTML][HTML] A computational neuroethology perspective on body and expression perception

B De Gelder, MP Solanas - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2021 - cell.com
Survival prompts organisms to prepare adaptive behavior in response to environmental and
social threat. However, what are the specific features of the appearance of a conspecific that …

Précis of after phrenology: neural reuse and the interactive brain

ML Anderson - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2016 - cambridge.org
Neural reuse is a form of neuroplasticity whereby neural elements originally developed for
one purpose are put to multiple uses. A diverse behavioral repertoire is achieved by means …

Convergence of spoken and written language processing in the superior temporal sulcus

SM Wilson, A Bautista, A McCarron - Neuroimage, 2018 - Elsevier
Spoken and written language processing streams converge in the superior temporal sulcus
(STS), but the functional and anatomical nature of this convergence is not clear. We used …

Contextual modulation of primary visual cortex by auditory signals

LS Petro, AT Paton, L Muckli - … Transactions of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Early visual cortex receives non-feedforward input from lateral and top-down connections
(Muckli & Petro 2013 Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 23, 195–201.(doi: 10.1016/j. conb. 2013.01 …

VIP-expressing interneurons in the anterior insular cortex contribute to sensory processing to regulate adaptive behavior

A Ramos-Prats, E Paradiso, F Castaldi, M Sadeghi… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
Adaptive behavior critically depends on the detection of behaviorally relevant stimuli. The
anterior insular cortex (aIC) has long been proposed as a key player in the representation …

Evidence of cortical thickness increases in bilateral auditory brain structures following piano learning in older adults

F Worschech, E Altenmüller… - Annals of the New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Morphological differences in the auditory brain of musicians compared to nonmusicians are
often associated with life‐long musical activity. Cross‐sectional studies, however, do not …