Multisensory development / edited by Andrew J. Bremner, David J. Lewkowicz, and Charles Spence.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bremner, Andrew J., editor.

Lewkowicz, David J., editor.

Spence, Charles, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Senses and sensation.

Perception.

Intersensory effects.

Neurophysiology.

Cognitive neuroscience.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (503 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

We perceive and understand our environment using many sensory systems-vision, touch, hearing, taste, smell, and proprioception. These multiple sensory modalities not only give us complementary sources of information about the environment but also an understanding that is richer and more complex than one modality alone could achieve. As adults, we integrate the multiple signals from these sense organs into unified functional representations. However, the ease with which weaccomplish this feat belies its computational complexity. Not only do the senses convey information about the environment in

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Foreword; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1 The multisensory approach to development; Part A Typical development of multisensory processes from early gestation to old age; Chapter 2 The role of olfaction in human multisensory development; Chapter 3 The development and decline of multisensory flavour perception; Chapter 4 Crossmodal interactions in the human newborn; Chapter 5 The development of multisensory representations of the body and of the space around the body

Chapter 6 The development of multisensory balance, locomotion, orientation, and navigationChapter 7 The unexpected effects of experience on the development of multisensory perception in primates; Chapter 8 The role of intersensory redundancy in early perceptual, cognitive, and social development; Chapter 9 The development of audiovisual speech perception; Chapter 10 Infant synaesthesia; Chapter 11 Multisensory processes in old age; Part B Atypical multisensory development; Chapter 12 Developmental disorders and multisensory perception

Chapter 13 Sensory deprivation and the development of multisensory integrationPart C Neural, computational, and evolutionary mechanisms in multisensory development; Chapter 14 Development of multisensory integration in subcortical and cortical brain networks; Chapter 15 In search of the mechanisms of multisensory development; Chapter 16 The evolution of multisensory vocal communication in primates and the influence of developmental timing; Author index; Subject index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

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ISBN:

9786613888808

0-19-162757-7

0-19-162758-5

1-283-57635-X

OCLC:

811490556