Editorial: Multisensory Integration: Brain, Body, and World

Frontiers in Psychology

Achille Pasqualotto¹ 

关键词: multisensory integration;    body representation;    attentional deployment;    emotional processing;    numerical cognition;    language;    embodied reasoning;    time processing;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2015.02046

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The brain is safely sealed inside the cranium, with virtually no direct interaction with other parts of the body and the outside world. Nevertheless, it constantly processes the information conveyed by several sensory modalities in order to create representations of both body and outer world and to generate appropriates motor responses (Ehrsson et al., 2005; Farnè et al., 2005; Green and Angelaki, 2010). For example, vision can convey information about dangerous stimuli to trigger the generation of appropriate motor response (e.g., escape, avoidance, fight, etc.). Rather than processing sensory inputs in isolation, the brain integrates sensory information (Stein and Meredith, 1993; Fetsch et al., 2012) by forming reliable and robust representation of the external world and body. For example, when both visual and auditory input inform about the same danger, an appropriate motor response is more rapid and efficient (Sereno and Huang, 2006; Laing et al.).

【 授权许可】

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