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Review

Perception of Synchrony between the Senses

Mirjam Keetels, Jean Vroomen
Micah M. Murray  1 , Mark T. Wallace  2
, editors.
In: The Neural Bases of Multisensory Processes. Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press/Taylor & Francis; 2012. Chapter 9.
Frontiers in Neuroscience.
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Perception of Synchrony between the Senses

Mirjam Keetels et al.
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In recent years, a substantial amount of research has been devoted to understanding how the brain handles these timing differences (Calvert et al. 2004; King 2005; Levitin et al. 2000; Spence and Driver 2004; Spence and Squire 2003). Here, we review several key issues about intersensory timing. We start with a short overview of how intersensory timing is generally measured, and then discuss several factors that affect the point of subjective simultaneity and sensitivity. In the sections that follow, we address several ways in which the brain might deal with naturally occurring lags between the senses.

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