Multisensory integration: a late bloomer

Curr Biol. 2008 Jun 24;18(12):R519-21. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.05.002.

Abstract

Under many circumstances, human adults integrate information from different sensory modalities, such as vision and hearing, in a statistically optimal fashion. New results suggest that optimal multisensory integration only develops in middle childhood.

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child Development / physiology*
  • Cues
  • Hearing / physiology
  • Humans
  • Neuronal Plasticity
  • Perception / physiology*
  • Sensation / physiology*
  • Touch / physiology
  • Vision, Ocular / physiology