Integration of Auditory and Visual Information about Objects in Superior Temporal Sulcus Export

@article{citeulike:3039779, abstract = {Two categories of objects in the environment--animals and man-made manipulable objects (tools)--are easily recognized by either their auditory or visual features. Although these features differ across modalities, the brain integrates them into a coherent percept. In three separate fMRI experiments, posterior superior temporal sulcus and middle temporal gyrus (pSTS/MTG) fulfilled objective criteria for an integration site. pSTS/MTG showed signal increases in response to either auditory or visual stimuli and responded more to auditory or visual objects than to meaningless (but complex) control stimuli. pSTS/MTG showed an enhanced response when auditory and visual object features were presented together, relative to presentation in a single modality. Finally, pSTS/MTG responded more to object identification than to other components of the behavioral task. We suggest that pSTS/MTG is specialized for integrating different types of information both within modalities (e.g., visual form, visual motion) and across modalities (auditory and visual).}, author = {Beauchamp, Michael S. and Lee, Kathryn E. and Argall, Brenna D. and Martin, Alex}, citeulike-article-id = {3039779}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0896-6273(04)00070-4}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WSS-4BW0SV4-H/1/fe15dbb0410ef7fd1857464c8581f8c5}, day = {4}, doi = {10.1016/S0896-6273(04)00070-4}, journal = {Neuron}, keywords = {auditory, differences, rt, visual}, month = {March}, number = {5}, pages = {809--823}, posted-at = {2008-07-24 14:43:19}, priority = {3}, title = {Integration of Auditory and Visual Information about Objects in Superior Temporal Sulcus}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0896-6273(04)00070-4}, volume = {41}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3039779 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3039779 N2 - Two categories of objects in the environment--animals and man-made manipulable objects (tools)--are easily recognized by either their auditory or visual features. Although these features differ across modalities, the brain integrates them into a coherent percept. In three separate fMRI experiments, posterior superior temporal sulcus and middle temporal gyrus (pSTS/MTG) fulfilled objective criteria for an integration site. pSTS/MTG showed signal increases in response to either auditory or visual stimuli and responded more to auditory or visual objects than to meaningless (but complex) control stimuli. pSTS/MTG showed an enhanced response when auditory and visual object features were presented together, relative to presentation in a single modality. Finally, pSTS/MTG responded more to object identification than to other components of the behavioral task. We suggest that pSTS/MTG is specialized for integrating different types of information both within modalities (e.g., visual form, visual motion) and across modalities (auditory and visual). IS - 5 JF - Neuron EP - 823 TI - Integration of Auditory and Visual Information about Objects in Superior Temporal Sulcus VL - 41 SP - 809 KW - auditory KW - differences KW - rt KW - visual AU - Beauchamp, Michael AU - Lee, Kathryn AU - Argall, Brenna AU - Martin, Alex PY - 2004/03/04/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0896-6273(04)00070-4 ER -