Combining Sensory Information: Mandatory Fusion within, but Not between, Senses

• Published in: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 298; no. 5598; pp. 1627 - 1630
• Main Authors: Hillis, J. M., Ernst, M. O., Banks, M. S., Landy, M. S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Association for the Advancement of Science 22.11.2002; The American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Subjects: Analysis; Anatomy; Biological and medical sciences; Consistent estimators; Cues; Error of Measurement; Estimators; Eyes & eyesight; Form Perception; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Mathematics; Maximum likelihood estimation; Multimodal perception; Nervous system; Neurology; Perception; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Quadrants; Rectangles; Senses; Senses and sensation; Sensory discrimination; Sensory information; Sensory perception; Sensory stimulation; Stereognosis; Stimuli; Surface texture; Touch; Vision; Vision Disparity; Visual Perception; United States; Human; Stimulus shape; Tactile sensitivity; Proprioception; Vision; Stimulus modality; Cognition; Disparity; Intermodal perception; Texture

Humans use multiple sources of sensory information to estimate environmental properties. For example, the eyes and hands both provide relevant information about an object's shape. The eyes estimate shape using binocular disparity, perspective projection, etc. The hands supply haptic shape infor...