Multisensory integration
STUDY OF HOW INFORMATION FROM THE DIFFERENT SENSORY MODALITIES, SUCH AS SIGHT, SOUND, TOUCH, SMELL, SELF-MOTION AND TASTE, MAY BE INTEGRATED BY THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Rubber hand illusion; Multimodal integration; Multisensory Integration; Sensory integration; Bayesian integration; Neural basis of multisensory integration
Multisensory integration, also known as multimodal integration, is the study of how information from the different sensory modalities (such as sight, sound, touch, smell, self-motion, and taste) may be integrated by the nervous system. A coherent representation of objects combining modalities enables animals to have meaningful perceptual experiences.