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Spatial attention and crossmodal interactions between vision and touch.

E Macaluso1, J Driver

  • 1Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, Alexandra House, 17 Queen Square, London WCIN 3AR, UK. e.macaluso@fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk

Neuropsychologia
|September 22, 2001
PubMed
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This review reveals how the brain integrates visual and tactile spatial information, showing that brain regions like the anterior intraparietal sulcus process location regardless of sensory input, aiding crossmodal spatial attention.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science
  • Sensory Integration

Background:

  • The brain processes visual and tactile information in separate regions.
  • Understanding how these distinct signals are unified for spatial awareness is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review functional imaging studies on crossmodal interactions between vision and touch concerning spatial attention.
  • To explore how the brain represents the spatial unity of multimodal events.

Main Methods:

  • Review of functional imaging studies.
  • Analysis of brain activity related to visual and tactile spatial attention.
  • Examination of crossmodal interactions in sensory processing.

Main Results:

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  • Activity in the anterior intraparietal sulcus is modulated by stimulus location irrespective of modality.
  • Attention to one sensory modality influences activity in spatially corresponding areas of other modalities.
  • Evidence suggests a distributed network for spatial representation and crossmodal integration.

Conclusions:

  • Crossmodal interactions occur through sensory convergence to higher-order multimodal regions.
  • Spatial crossmodal effects in unimodal regions indicate a distributed network for spatial representation.
  • The temporo-parietal junction may play a role in controlling spatial attention across vision and touch.