Multisensory Perception: From Laboratory to Clinic

Multisensory Perception: From Laboratory to Clinic surveys the current state of knowledge on multisensory processes, synthesizing information from diverse streams of research and defining hypotheses and questions to direct future work. Reflecting the nature of the field, the book is interdisciplinary, comprising the findings and views of writers with diverse backgrounds and varied methods, including psychophysical, neuroanatomical, neurophysiological and neuroimaging approaches. Sections cover basic principles, specific interactions between the senses, the topic of crossmodal correspondences between particular sensory attributes, the related topic of synesthesia, and the clinic.

Offers a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the current state of knowledge on multisensory processes Coverage includes basic principles, specific interactions between the senses, crossmodal correspondences and the clinical aspects of multisensory processesIncludes psychophysical, neuroanatomical, neurophysiological and neuroimaging approaches

SECTION I:  FOUNDATIONS OF MULTISENSORY PERCEPTION 1. Bouba-Kiki: Cross-domain resonance and the origins of synesthesia, metaphor, and words in the human mind 2. Philosophical insights 3. Neural development of multisensory integration 4. The development of multisensory processes for perceiving the environment and the self 5. Computational models of multisensory integration 6.  Multisensory contributions to object recognition and memory across the lifespan

SECTION II:  MULTISENSORY INTERACTIONS 7. Visuo-haptic object perception 8. Multisensory processes in body ownership 9. Visual-vestibular interactions 10. Multisensory flavor perception: A cognitive neuroscience perspective 11. Audiovisual crossmodal correspondences: Behavioural consequences and neural underpinnings 12. How do crossmodal correspondences and multisensory processes relate to synesthesia? 13. Synesthesia: The current state of the field 14. How synesthesia may lead to enhanced memory

SECTION III:  CLINICAL APPLICATIONS 15. Task-selectivity in the sensory deprived brain and sensory substitution approaches for clinical practice: evidence from blindness 16. Crossmodal neuroplasticity in deafness: Evidence from animal models and clinical populations 17. Neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders affecting multisensory processes 18.  Disorders of body representation 19. Hemianopia, spatial neglect and their multisensory rehabilitation 20. Mirror therapy