Multisensory integration
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Multisensory integration is understood as the convergence of input from different sensory modalities, such as visual, auditory, or tactile. The ability of the brain to combine different sensory inputs is not only computationally advantageous but also gives rise to a unique and rich experience of one’s surroundings that allows one to efficiently navigate a highly complex external world.
The focus of this Collection will be on the development of multisensory integration as well as its neural and cognitive underpinnings. Work from the fields of Neuroscience and Psychology will be welcomed.
Editors
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Jason Seeho Chan
University College Cork, Ireland
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Francesca Garbarini
University of Turin, Italy
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Pascal Mamassian
CNRS & Ecole Normale Supérieure, France
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Annalisa Setti
University College Cork, Ireland
Jason Seeho Chan is a Lecturer at the School of Applied Psychology of the University College Cork. His research focuses on multisensory integration and how this integration changes throughout the lifespan and in different patient populations. Dr Chan has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2022.
Francesca Garbarini is an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology of the University of Turin, where she is also the coordinator of the MANIBUS Lab. Her research work is characterised by the adoption of a neuropsychological approach to investigate the underpinnings of body representation and motor awareness both in brain-damaged and healthy subjects, exploiting behavioural and neuroimaging techniques. Moreover, she recently began to study bodily self-awareness in foetuses, newborns, and infants, with the aim of describing the development of body representations across the life span, employing both behavioural and neurophysiological measures. Dr Garbarini has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2019.
Pascal Mamassian is the Director of Research at the CNRS and at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, France. His research focuses on mid-level vision in human adults, multi-sensory integration, time perception, and meta-perception. He uses mostly psychophysical methods and probabilistic modelling. Dr Mamassian has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2022.
Annalisa Setti is a Lecturer at the School of Applied Psychology of the University College Cork. Her area of expertise is Cognitive Science across the lifespan with a particular focus on ageing. She has extensively researched multisensory perception in ageing and, in this area, she is particularly interested in the association between perception, physical activity, and falls. Her more recent work explores the association between the lived environment and perception/cognition. Currently, she is exploring individual differences in the environmental impact on perception/cognition depending on levels of environmental sensitivity. Dr Setti has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2021.
