| The Merging of the Senses Contributor(s): Stein, Barry E. (Author), Meredith, M. Alex (Author) |
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ISBN: 0262693011 ISBN-13: 9780262693011 Publisher: MIT Press OUR PRICE: $49.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1993 Annotation: Bringing together neural, perceptual, and behavioral studies, "The Merging of the Senses "provides the first detailed review of how the brain assembles information from different sensory systems in order to produce a coherent view of the external world. Stein and Meredith marshall evidence from a broad array of species to show that interactions among senses are the most ancient scheme of sensory organization, an integrative system reflecting a general plan that supersedes structure and species. Most importantly, they explore what is known about the neural processes by which interactions among the senses take place at the level of the single cell. The authors draw on their own experiments to illustrate how sensory inputs converge (from visual, auditory, and somatosensory modalities, for instance) on individual neurons in different areas of the brain, how these neurons integrate their inputs, the principles by which this integration occurs, and what this may mean for perception and behavior. Neurons in the superior colliculus and cortex are emphasized as models of multiple sensory integrators. Barry E. Stein is Professor of Physiology and M. Alex Meredith is Associate Professor of Anatomy, both at the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Neuroscience |
| Dewey: 612.8 |
| Series: Cognitive Neuroscience |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7.11" W x 9.93" (1.03 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bringing together neural, perceptual, and behavioral studies, The Merging of the Senses provides the first detailed review of how the brain assembles information from different sensory systems in order to produce a coherent view of the external world. Stein and Meredith marshall evidence from a broad array of species to show that interactions among senses are the most ancient scheme of sensory organization, an integrative system reflecting a general plan that supersedes structure and species. Most importantly, they explore what is known about the neural processes by which interactions among the senses take place at the level of the single cell.The authors draw on their own experiments to illustrate how sensory inputs converge (from visual, auditory, and somatosensory modalities, for instance) on individual neurons in different areas of the brain, how these neurons integrate their inputs, the principles by which this integration occurs, and what this may mean for perception and behavior. Neurons in the superior colliculus and cortex are emphasized as models of multiple sensory integrators. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stein, Barry E.: - Barry E. Stein is Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. His previous books on this topic include The Merging of the Senses (MIT Press, 1993) and The Handbook of Multisensory Processes (MIT Press, 2004).Meredith, M. Alex: - M. Alex Meredith is Associate Professor of Anatomy at the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University.Gazzaniga, Michael S.: - Michael S. Gazzaniga is Professor of Psychology and Director of the SAGE Center for the Study of Mind at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Co-Director of the Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience, and President of the Cognitive Neuroscience Institute. |