Audiovisual Integration Enhances Stimulus Detection Performance in Mice

• Published in: Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience Vol. 12; p. 231
• Main Authors: Meijer, Guido T., Pie, Jean L., Dolman, Thomas L., Pennartz, Cyriel M. A., Lansink, Carien S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 04.10.2018; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Acuity; auditory; Behavioral Neuroscience; cross-modal; cue-integration; multisensory; perception; sensory; Sensory integration; Netherlands; cross-modal; cue-integration; sensory; auditory; multisensory; behavior; perception

The detection of objects in the external world improves when humans and animals integrate object features of multiple sensory modalities. Behavioral and neuronal mechanisms underlying multisensory stimulus detection are poorly understood, mainly because they have not been investigated with suitable...