Multisensory perception and integration refer to the brain’s remarkable ability to combine stimuli from different sensory modalities into a unified, coherent experience. This process underpins ...

A new study has provided concrete evidence that children with autism spectrum disorders process sensory information such as sound, touch and vision differently than typically developing children. A ...

Multisensory signals originating from the same distal event are often similar in nature. Think of fireworks on New Year’s Eve, an object falling and bouncing on the floor, or the footsteps of a person ...

Sample size (the number of individuals examined for a study) is the most important factor determining the accuracy of the study results. The accuracy and reproducibility of research studies are a ...

Like humans, octopuses can fall for the rubber hand illusion and believe that a fake arm is theirs. This suggests they have a sense of their own body, just as we do. Science X Daily and the Weekly ...

This press release is available in German. In order to get a better picture of our surroundings, the brain has to integrate information from different senses, but how does it know which signals to ...