Multisensory Object Perception in the Primate Brain

• General Introduction.- General Introduction.- Mechanisms.- Corticocortical Connectivity Subserving Different Forms of Multisensory Convergence.- Computational Modeling of Multisensory Object Perception.- Methodological Considerations: Electrophysiology of Multisensory Interactions in Humans.- Cortical Oscillations and Multisensory Interactions in Humans.- Multisensory Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- Audio-Visual Integration.- Audiovisual Temporal Integration for Complex Speech, Object-Action, Animal Call, and Musical Stimuli.- Imaging Cross-Modal Influences in Auditory Cortex.- The Default Mode of Primate Vocal Communication and Its Neural Correlates.- Audio-Visual Perception of Everyday Natural Objects – Hemodynamic Studies in Humans.- Single-Trial Multisensory Learning and Memory Retrieval.- Visuo-Tactile Integration.- Multisensory Texture Perception.- Dorsal and Ventral Cortical Pathways for Visuo-haptic Shape Integration Revealed Using fMRI.- Visuo-haptic Perception of Objects and Scenes.- Haptic Face Processing and Its Relation to Vision.- Plasticity.- The Ontogeny of Human Multisensory Object Perception: A Constructivist Account.- Neural Development and Plasticity of Multisensory Representations.- Large-Scale Brain Plasticity Following Blindness and the Use of Sensory Substitution Devices.

From the book reviews: "This is an excellent study of auditory and visual processing in synchrony or at least close to ideal concurrent operations in the cerebral cortex of the monkey and human brains. ... Anyone who does research in auditory, visual, decision making processes, speech, and vocalization will benefit greatly from this marvelous book. Neurophysiologists and primatologists should be very interested in this work." (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, August, 2014) "In this work for academic researchers and graduate students, international contributors from major laboratories explain the mechanisms of multisensory integration, with a focus on the visual, auditory, and tactile sensory modalities. They present evidence from studies of humans and nonhuman primates using various modalities including intracranial electrophysiological recording, noninvasive electroencephalography, functional magnetic resonance imaging, and computational modeling. ... The book is illustrated with b&w and color images." (SciTech Book News, December, 2010)