The Complex Interplay Between Multisensory Integration and Perceptual Awareness
Ophelia Deroy, Nathan Faivre, Claudia Lunghi, Charles J. Spence, Máté Aller, Uta Noppeney
Multisensory Research 2016 DOI: 10.1163/22134808-00002529 (opens in new tab)
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| Key findings | Argues that the relationship between multisensory integration and perceptual awareness remains poorly defined and proposes that progress requires clarifying what multisensory awareness is, how integration relates to awareness, and which experimental approaches are most promising. The review is intended to provoke discussion and new experiments rather than to settle these questions. |
Abstract
widespread neural interactions. Yet the complex interdependencies between multisensory integration and perceptual awareness, or consciousness, remain to be defined. While perceptual awareness has traditionally been studied in a single sense, in recent years we have witnessed a surge of interest in the role of multisensory integration in perceptual awareness. Based on a recent IMRF symposium on multisensory awareness, this review discusses three key questions from conceptual, methodological and experimental perspectives: (1) What do we study when we study multisensory awareness? (2) What is the relationship between multisensory integration and perceptual awareness? (3) Which experimental approaches are most promising to characterize multisensory awareness? We hope that this review paper will provoke lively discussions, novel experiments, and conceptual considerations to advance our understanding of the multifaceted interplay between multisensory integration and consciousness.
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