Unraveling multisensory integration: Patchy organization within human STS multisensory cortex

Michael S. Beauchamp*, Brenna D. Argall, Jerzy Bodurka, Jeff H. Duyn, Alex Martin

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Abstract

Although early sensory cortex is organized along dimensions encoded by receptor organs, little is known about the organization of higher areas in which different modalities are integrated. We investigated multisensory integration in human superior temporal sulcus using recent advances in parallel imaging to perform functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at very high resolution. These studies suggest a functional architecture in which information from different modalities is brought into close proximity via a patchy distribution of inputs, followed by integration in the intervening cortex.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1190-1192
Number of pages3
JournalNature neuroscience
Volume7
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2004

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Neuroscience

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