Principles of Multisensory Integration
The contributions of Barry Stein, Alex Meredith, and their colleagues (e.g., Stein & Meredith 1993) are widely considered to be the groundbreaking work in the modern field of multisensory integration. Through detailed long-term study of the neurophysiology of the superior colliculus, they distilled three general principles by which multisensory integration may best be described.
- The spatial rule states that multisensory integration is more likely or stronger when the constituent unisensory stimuli arise from approximately the same location.
- The temporal rule states that multisensory integration is more likely or stronger when the constituent unisensory stimuli arise at approximately the same time.
- The principle of inverse effectiveness states that multisensory integration is more likely or stronger when the constituent unisensory stimuli evoke relatively weak responses when presented in isolation.
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