A Matter of Bottom-Up or Top-Down Processes: The Role of Attention in Multisensory Integration
The integration of information from various sensory modalities influences behaviour. It can induce behavioural benefits such as faster reaction times and enhanced detection of noisy signals but may also produce illusions, all of which have been characterized by specific neuronal signatures. Yet, whi...
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| description | The integration of information from various sensory modalities influences behaviour. It can induce behavioural benefits such as faster reaction times and enhanced detection of noisy signals but may also produce illusions, all of which have been characterized by specific neuronal signatures. Yet, while these effects of multisensory integration are largely accepted, the role of attention in this process is still the object of intense debate. On the one hand, it has been suggested that attention may guide multisensory integration in a top-down fashion by selection of specific inputs to be integrated out of the plethora of information in our environment. On the other hand, there is evidence that integration could occur in a bottom-up manner, based on temporal and spatial correlations, and outside the focus of attention. An extreme example is the multisensory enhancement of neural responses in anesthetised animals. Attention itself is not a unitary construct, and may refer to a range of different selection mechanisms. Therefore, the interplay between attention and multisensory integration can take many forms which explain, in part, the diversity of findings and the disputes in the literature. The goal of this Research Topic is to help clarify the picture by trying to answer the following questions from various perspectives: Under which circumstances does multisensory integration take place without attention?, and, When does attention determine the fate of multisensory integration? |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-528912024-04-05T17:30:34Z A Matter of Bottom-Up or Top-Down Processes: The Role of Attention in Multisensory Integration Jess Hartcher-O'Brien Salvador Soto-Faraco Ruth Adam RC321-571 Q1-390 Audio-tactile cross-modal emotion Temporal Awareness congruency audio-visual spatial thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAN Neurosciences The integration of information from various sensory modalities influences behaviour. It can induce behavioural benefits such as faster reaction times and enhanced detection of noisy signals but may also produce illusions, all of which have been characterized by specific neuronal signatures. Yet, while these effects of multisensory integration are largely accepted, the role of attention in this process is still the object of intense debate. On the one hand, it has been suggested that attention may guide multisensory integration in a top-down fashion by selection of specific inputs to be integrated out of the plethora of information in our environment. On the other hand, there is evidence that integration could occur in a bottom-up manner, based on temporal and spatial correlations, and outside the focus of attention. An extreme example is the multisensory enhancement of neural responses in anesthetised animals. Attention itself is not a unitary construct, and may refer to a range of different selection mechanisms. Therefore, the interplay between attention and multisensory integration can take many forms which explain, in part, the diversity of findings and the disputes in the literature. The goal of this Research Topic is to help clarify the picture by trying to answer the following questions from various perspectives: Under which circumstances does multisensory integration take place without attention?, and, When does attention determine the fate of multisensory integration? 2021-02-11T18:56:18Z 2021-02-11T18:56:18Z 2017-10-13 14:57:01 2017 book 24000 16648714 9782889451937 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/52891 eng Frontiers Research Topics image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International http://www.frontiersin.org/books/A_Matter_of_Bottom-Up_or_Top-Down_Processes_The_Role_of_Attention_in_Multisensory_Integration/1233 http://journal.frontiersin.org/researchtopic/2702/a-matter-of-bottom-up-or-top-down-processes-the-role-of-attention-in-multisensory-integration Frontiers Media SA 10.3389/978-2-88945-193-7 10.3389/978-2-88945-193-7 bf5ce210-e72e-4860-ba9b-c305640ff3ae 9782889451937 139 open access |
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| title | A Matter of Bottom-Up or Top-Down Processes: The Role of Attention in Multisensory Integration |
| title_full | A Matter of Bottom-Up or Top-Down Processes: The Role of Attention in Multisensory Integration |
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| title_full_unstemmed | A Matter of Bottom-Up or Top-Down Processes: The Role of Attention in Multisensory Integration |
| title_short | A Matter of Bottom-Up or Top-Down Processes: The Role of Attention in Multisensory Integration |
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