Multisensory Processing and Perceptual Consciousness: Part I
Philosophy Compass February 1, 2016 DOI: 10.1111/phc3.12227 (opens in new tab)
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| Key findings | The article surveys two distinct types of multisensory integration and the conditions under which they occur, and argues that conscious perceptual experience may itself be structured as multisensory. It further contends that research on multisensory processing bears on philosophical attempts to individuate the senses. |
Abstract
Abstract: Multisensory processing encompasses all of the various ways in which the presence of information in one sensory modality can adaptively influence the processing of information in a different modality. In Part I of this survey article, I begin by presenting a cartography of some of the more extensively investigated forms of multisensory processing, with a special focus on two distinct types of multisensory integration. I briefly discuss the conditions under which these different forms of multisensory processing occur as well as their important perceptual consequences and interrelations. In Part II, I then turn to examining of some of the different possible ways in which the structure of conscious perceptual experience might also be characterized as multisensory. In addition, I discuss the significance of research on multisensory processing and multisensory consciousness for philosophical attempts to individuate the senses.