Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Auditory information enhances post-sensory visual evidence during rapid multisensory decision-making

  • Léon Franzen,
  • Ioannis Delis,
  • Gabriela De Sousa,
  • Christoph Kayser,
  • Marios G. Philiastides

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19306-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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A conclusive account on how the brain translates audiovisual evidence into a rapid decision is still lacking. Here, using a neurally-informed modelling approach, the authors show that sounds amplify visual evidence later in the decision process, in line with higher-order multisensory effects.