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    • Sensory Processing

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    • The brain integrates multisensory information to navigate a complex world.
    • Understanding how audiovisual stimuli are represented over time in naturalistic settings remains a challenge.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the neural representation and temporal evolution of audiovisual stimuli in the human brain during naturalistic movie watching.
    • To identify the role of the frontal cortex in flexible multisensory integration.

    Main Methods:

    • Intracranial electrocorticography (iEEG) was used to record brain activity in 19 participants.
    • Participants watched a short multilingual movie.
    • Unsupervised clustering and supervised encoding models were applied to analyze iEEG data.

    Main Results:

    • A modality-specific gradient was identified in the frontal cortex: ventral regions processed auditory information, while dorsal regions processed visual information.
    • This cortical organization dynamically adapted to different movie contexts.
    • Behavioral ratings confirmed the frontal cortex's primary role in audiovisual modality assignment.

    Conclusions:

    • The frontal cortex exhibits a flexible functional architecture for processing and integrating audiovisual information.
    • This study provides insights into the dynamic neural mechanisms underlying multisensory perception in naturalistic environments.