Author: John F. CorsoPublisher: Praeger Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Aging Sensory Systems and Perception
Author: John F. CorsoPublisher: Praeger Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Neural Bases of Multisensory Processes
Author: Micah M. MurrayPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1439812179
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
It has become accepted in the neuroscience community that perception and performance are quintessentially multisensory by nature. Using the full palette of modern brain imaging and neuroscience methods, The Neural Bases of Multisensory Processes details current understanding in the neural bases for these phenomena as studied across species, stages of development, and clinical statuses. Organized thematically into nine sub-sections, the book is a collection of contributions by leading scientists in the field. Chapters build generally from basic to applied, allowing readers to ascertain how fundamental science informs the clinical and applied sciences. Topics discussed include: Anatomy, essential for understanding the neural substrates of multisensory processing Neurophysiological bases and how multisensory stimuli can dramatically change the encoding processes for sensory information Combinatorial principles and modeling, focusing on efforts to gain a better mechanistic handle on multisensory operations and their network dynamics Development and plasticity Clinical manifestations and how perception and action are affected by altered sensory experience Attention and spatial representations The last sections of the book focus on naturalistic multisensory processes in three separate contexts: motion signals, multisensory contributions to the perception and generation of communication signals, and how the perception of flavor is generated. The text provides a solid introduction for newcomers and a strong overview of the current state of the field for experts.
Sensory Changes in the Elderly
Author: Francis B. ColavitaPublisher: Charles C. Thomas Publisher
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing
Author: Malcolm L. JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Publisher Description
Chart Supplement, Pacific
Author: Anatomy and Physiology
Author: J. Gordon BettsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781947172807
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Sensory Systems and Communication in the Elderly
Author: K. R. BrizzeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Age-related Changes in Multisensory Self-motion Perception
Author: Robert Charles RamkhalawansinghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
To derive the precise estimates of self-motion necessary to perform mobility-related tasks like walking and driving, humans integrate information about their movement from across their sensory systems (e.g. visual, auditory, proprioceptive, vestibular). However, recent evidence suggests that the way in which multiple sensory inputs are integrated by the adult brain changes with age. The objective of this thesis was to consider, for the first time, whether age-related changes in multisensory integration are observed in the context of self-motion perception. Two research approaches were used. First, I used a simple, simulated driving task to provide visual cues to self-motion and to manipulate the availability of auditory and/or vestibular cues to self-motion (i.e., unisensory versus multisensory conditions). The results revealed that relative to younger adults, older adults generally demonstrate greater differences in performance between multisensory and unisensory conditions. However, the driving task could not disentangle the effects of age-related differences in real-world driving experience from age-related differences in sensory integrative mechanisms. Second, I used an established and highly controlled psychophysical heading perception task to evaluate whether, like younger adults, older adults integrate visual and vestibular cues to self-motion in a statistically optimal fashion. I considered conditions where each of the two cues was presented alone, in combination and congruent, or in combination but indicating conflicting heading angles. Results showed that while older adults did demonstrate optimal integration during congruent conditions, they were comparatively less tolerant to spatial conflicts between the visual and vestibular inputs. Overall, these results may have important implications for the way that older adults perform mobility-related tasks under various perceptual and environmental conditions.
Sensory Perception in Aging
Author: International Life Sciences Institute. North America Committee on Nutrition and AgingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Multisensory Development
Author: Andrew J. BremnerPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191627585
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
We perceive and understand our environment using many sensory systems-vision, touch, hearing, taste, smell, and proprioception. These multiple sensory modalities not only give us complementary sources of information about the environment but also an understanding that is richer and more complex than one modality alone could achieve. As adults, we integrate the multiple signals from these sense organs into unified functional representations. However, the ease with which we accomplish this feat belies its computational complexity. Not only do the senses convey information about the environment in different neural codes, but the relationship between the senses frequently changes when, for example, the body changes posture (e.g. when the eyes move in their sockets), or indeed shape, when the body grows across development. These computational problems prompt an important question which represents the key focus of this book: How do we develop the ability to integrate the senses? While there is a considerable literature on the development of single senses, such as vision or hearing, few books have considered the development of all our senses, and more importantly, how they develop the ability to work with each other. This book is unique in exploring this extraordinary feat of human nature - how we develop the ability to integrate our senses. It will be an important book for all those in the fields of cognitive and developmental neuroscience.