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On ventriloquism, audiovisual neurons, neonates, and the senses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2005

Monique Radeau  and
Cécile Colin
Monique Radeau*
Affiliation:
National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS); Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Cécile Colin*
Affiliation:
National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS); Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
*
moradeau@ulb.ac.be
ccolin@ulb.ac.be
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Abstract:

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The analogy between the rules that subtend ventriloquism and bimodal neurons responding suggests a possible neural mechanism for audiovisual interactions in spatial scene analysis. Perinatal data, such as those on synesthesia, sensory deprivation, and sensory surstimulation, as well as neuroanatomical evidence for transitory intersensory connections in the brain support the view that audition and vision are bound together at birth.

Type
Continuing Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 6 , December 2004 , pp. 889 - 890
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

Footnotes

Commentary onT. A. Stoffregen & B. G. Bardy (2001). On specification and the senses. BBS 24(2):195–261.