Several members of the group will attend the 19th International Multisensory Research Forum in Toronto, Canada (IMRF, 14-17th June 2018). IMRF is the occasion to learn about the latest advances in multisensory research, here is the list of abstracts presented by our group: Yue Liu: The role of context in models of multisensory decision-making Bobby … Read more
Together with Dhanraj Vishwanath and Justin Ales, we are organizing the Scottish Vision Group Meeting, 16-18 March 2018 at the Ballachulish Hotel in Glencoe. Bobby Innes will talk about “Multisensory benefits and multisensory interactions are not the same: A comparative and model-based approach”. Andrew Chua will present results from his EPS funded internship in summer … Read more
The use of separate multisensory signals is often beneficial. A prominent example is the speed-up of responses to two redundant signals relative to the components, which is known as the redundant signals effect (RSE). A convenient explanation for the effect is statistical facilitation, which is inherent in the basic architecture of race models (Raab, 1962, … Read more
A big welcome to Yue Liu (Serena), who joined the lab as a PhD student. Serena is funded by a fellowship sponsored by the School of Psychology and Neuroscience.
The 6th Motivation and Cognitive Control (MCC) Symposium takes place in St Andrews this summer (24-26 August, 2016). It comes with an impressive line-up of speakers (for more details, see http://www.mcc-2016.co.uk/home).
A big welcome to Cleo Pike, who joined the lab as a Research Fellow. Cleo will be working on the project “Building a Boolean Framework of Multisensory Decision Making” funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
A big welcome to Bobby Innes, who joined the lab as a PhD student. Bobby is funded by an EastBio fellowship sponsored by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
Great News! The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) will fund our research on multisensory decision making for three years. With the project Building a Boolean framework of multisensory decision making, we will investigate how humans use and combine signals from different sensory modalities like vision, audition, and touch in order to interact with … Read more
The combined use of multisensory signals is often beneficial. Based on neuronal recordings in the superior colliculus of cats, three basic rules were formulated to describe the effectiveness of multisensory signals: the enhancement of neuronal responses to multisensory compared with unisensory signals is largest when signals occur at the same location (“spatial rule”), when signals … Read more
Perceptual decisions involve the accumulation of sensory evidence over time, a process that is corrupted by noise [1]. Here, we extend the decision-making framework to crossmodal research [2, 3] and the parallel processing of two distinct signals presented to different sensory modalities like vision and audition. Contrary to the widespread view that multisensory signals are … Read more