Shared neural underpinnings of multisensory integration and trial-by-trial perceptual recalibration in humans

Park, H. and Kayser, C. (2019) Shared neural underpinnings of multisensory integration and trial-by-trial perceptual recalibration in humans. eLife, 8, e47001. (doi: 10.7554/elife.47001) (PMID:31246172) (PMCID:PMC6660215)

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Abstract

Perception adapts to mismatching multisensory information, both when different cues appear simultaneously and when they appear sequentially. While both multisensory integration and adaptive trial-by-trial recalibration are central for behavior, it remains unknown whether they are mechanistically linked and arise from a common neural substrate. To relate the neural underpinnings of sensory integration and recalibration, we measured whole-brain magnetoencephalography while human participants performed an audio-visual ventriloquist task. Using single-trial multivariate analysis, we localized the perceptually-relevant encoding of multisensory information within and between trials. While we found neural signatures of multisensory integration within temporal and parietal regions, only medial superior parietal activity encoded past and current sensory information and mediated the perceptual recalibration within and between trials. These results highlight a common neural substrate of sensory integration and perceptual recalibration, and reveal a role of medial parietal regions in linking present and previous multisensory evidence to guide adaptive behavior.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Kayser, Professor Christoph
Creator Roles:
Kayser, C.Conceptualization, Resources, Software, Supervision, Funding acquisition, Validation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Project administration, Writing – review and editing
Authors: Park, H., and Kayser, C.
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Psychology & Neuroscience
Journal Name:eLife
Publisher:eLife Sciences Publications
ISSN:2050-084X
ISSN (Online):2050-084X
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2019 Park and Kayser
First Published:First published in eLife 8: e47001
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons License
Data DOI:10.5061/dryad.t0p9c93

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Project CodeAward NoProject NamePrincipal InvestigatorFunder's NameFunder RefLead Dept
172114DynaSensChristoph KayserEuropean Research Council (ERC)646657NP - Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (CCNi)