The neural bases of multisensory processes

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"Introducing groundbreaking original research and reviews, this indispensible reference provides a current review of the state-of-the-field focusing on the neural bases that form the foundation of multisensory processes. Accessible to a multidisciplinary scientific audience as well as non-specialists, this comprehensive overview is divided into seven sections, including combinatorial principles and modeling, anatomy, learning, plasticity, development and aging, clinical manifestations, and attention and spatial representations. It addresses the movement toward more naturalistic multisensory processes and includes translational perspectives across multiple species and methodologies"-- "The field of multisensory research continues to grow at a dizzying rate. Although for those of us working in the field this is extraordinarily gratifying, it is also a bit challenging to keep up with all of the exciting new developments in such a multidisciplinary topic at such a burgeoning stage. For those a bit peripheral to the field, but with an inherent interest in the magic of multisensory interactions to shape our view of the world, the task is even more daunting. Our objectives for this volume are straightforward - to provide those working within the area a strong overview of the current state-of-the field, while at the same time providing those a bit outside of the field with a solid introduction to multisensory processes. We feel that the current volume meets these objectives, largely through a choice of topics that span the single cell to the clinic and through the expertise of our authors, each of whom have done an exceptional job in explaining their research to an interdisciplinary audience"--Provided by publisher.