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The multifaceted interplay between attention and multisensory integration.

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Talsma, D; Senkowski, D; Soto-Faraco, S; Woldorff, MG
Published in: Trends Cogn Sci
September 2010

Multisensory integration has often been characterized as an automatic process. Recent findings indicate that multisensory integration can occur across various stages of stimulus processing that are linked to, and can be modulated by, attention. Stimulus-driven, bottom-up mechanisms induced by crossmodal interactions can automatically capture attention towards multisensory events, particularly when competition to focus elsewhere is relatively low. Conversely, top-down attention can facilitate the integration of multisensory inputs and lead to a spread of attention across sensory modalities. These findings point to a more intimate and multifaceted interplay between attention and multisensory integration than was previously thought. We review developments in the current understanding of the interactions between attention and multisensory processing, and propose a framework that unifies previous, apparently discordant, findings.

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Trends Cogn Sci

DOI

EISSN

1879-307X

Publication Date

September 2010

Volume

14

Issue

9

Start / End Page

400 / 410

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Perception
  • Models, Neurological
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Electroencephalography
  • Attention
  • Animals
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
 

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Talsma, D., Senkowski, D., Soto-Faraco, S., & Woldorff, M. G. (2010). The multifaceted interplay between attention and multisensory integration. Trends Cogn Sci, 14(9), 400–410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2010.06.008
Talsma, Durk, Daniel Senkowski, Salvador Soto-Faraco, and Marty G. Woldorff. “The multifaceted interplay between attention and multisensory integration.Trends Cogn Sci 14, no. 9 (September 2010): 400–410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2010.06.008.
Talsma D, Senkowski D, Soto-Faraco S, Woldorff MG. The multifaceted interplay between attention and multisensory integration. Trends Cogn Sci. 2010 Sep;14(9):400–10.
Talsma, Durk, et al. “The multifaceted interplay between attention and multisensory integration.Trends Cogn Sci, vol. 14, no. 9, Sept. 2010, pp. 400–10. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.tics.2010.06.008.
Talsma D, Senkowski D, Soto-Faraco S, Woldorff MG. The multifaceted interplay between attention and multisensory integration. Trends Cogn Sci. 2010 Sep;14(9):400–410.
Journal cover image

Published In

Trends Cogn Sci

DOI

EISSN

1879-307X

Publication Date

September 2010

Volume

14

Issue

9

Start / End Page

400 / 410

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Perception
  • Models, Neurological
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Electroencephalography
  • Attention
  • Animals
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology