Background Stochastic resonance is a nonlinear phenomenon whereby the addition of
noise can improve the detection of weak stimuli. An optimal amount of added noise results in …

An animal's umwelt, comprising its perception of the sensory environment, which is
inherently subjective, can change across the lifespan in accordance with major life events. In …

Multisensory environments rich in modal integration provide cues from various sensory
modalities including visually, auditorily, and tactilely. Such modal integration plays a crucial …

Executive Summary 1 The aim of this review was to investigate existing research into
soundscape concepts and to produce recommendations for future research into the practical …

Research into the Practical and Policy Applications of Soundscape Concepts and
Techniques in Urban Areas (NANR 200) Page 1 Heriot-Watt University Research Gateway …

The present investigation documents the electrophysiological occurrence of multisensory
stochastic resonance in the human visual pathway elicited by tactile noise. We define …

Objective: Neuroplasticity enables the brain to establish new crossmodal connections or
reorganize old connections which are essential to perceiving a multisensorial world. The …

One important contribution of Carol Fowler's direct approach to speech perception is its
account of multisensory perception. This supramodal account proposes a speech function …

Multimodal integration, which mainly refers to multisensory facilitation and multisensory
inhibition, is the process of merging multisensory information in the human brain. However …

Acoustic speech is easier to detect in noise when the talker can be seen. This finding could
be explained by integration of multisensory inputs or refinement of auditory processing from …