Why seeing is believing: Merging auditory and visual worlds

Ilana B. Witten; Eric I. Knudsen

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2005.10.020

Why seeing is believing: Merging auditory and visual worlds

Ilana B. Witten, Eric I. Knudsen

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Abstract

Vision may dominate our perception of space not because of any inherent physiological advantage of visual over other sensory connections in the brain, but because visual information tends to be more reliable than other sources of spatial information, and the central nervous system integrates information in a statistically optimal fashion. This review discusses recent experiments on audiovisual integration that support this hypothesis. We consider candidate neural codes that would enable optimal integration and the implications of optimal integration for perception and plasticity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	489-496
Number of pages	8
Journal	Neuron
Volume	48
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2005.10.020
State	Published - Nov 3 2005
Externally published	Yes

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General Neuroscience

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