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The Temporal Scaffolding of Sensory Organization
Pawan Sinha1, Lukas Vogelsang1, Marin Vogelsang1
1Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA;
Annual Review of Psychology
|October 1, 2025
Summary
Temporal regularities may unify how the developing brain organizes sensory information across different modalities. This suggests time is fundamental to perceptual development and computational modeling.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Science
- Computational Neuroscience
Background:
- Sensory input processing is typically studied per modality.
- Unclear if common principles exist for sensory organization.
Purpose of the Study:
- Investigate if temporal regularities offer a unifying mechanism for cross-modal sensory organization.
- Explore the role of time in brain's sensorium organization.
Main Methods:
- Synthesized research from neurophysiology and cognitive neuroscience.
- Incorporated findings from theoretical computer science.
Main Results:
- Detection and exploitation of temporal regularities may unify sensory organization.
- Time may be the fundamental dimension for organizing the brain's sensorium.
Conclusions:
- Ecologically appropriate heuristics simplify the computational complexity of temporal processing.
- Temporal processing is central to perceptual development, impacting typical/atypical development and clinical studies.
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