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The rhythm of sensory input shapes audio-visual temporal processing.
| Τίτλος: | The rhythm of sensory input shapes audio-visual temporal processing. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Zamfira DA; School of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.; Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy., Di Dona G; School of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.; Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.; Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy., Marsicano G; Psychology Program, Division of Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.; Centre for Studies and Research in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy., Battista M; Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy., Battaglini L; Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.; Neuro.Vis.U.S. Laboratory, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.; Centro di Ateneo Dei Servizi Clinici Universitari Psicologici (SCUP), University of Padova, Padova, Italy., Ronconi L; School of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.; Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.; Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy. |
| Πηγή: | British journal of psychology (London, England : 1953) [Br J Psychol] 2026 Feb; Vol. 117 (1), pp. 314-336. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Sep 16. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0373124 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2044-8295 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00071269 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Br J Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: 2011- : West Sussex, England : Wiley-Blackwell Original Publication: London ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [1953]- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Auditory Perception*/physiology , Visual Perception*/physiology , Time Perception*/physiology , Periodicity*, Humans ; Male ; Female ; Adult ; Young Adult ; Acoustic Stimulation ; Photic Stimulation |
| Περίληψη: | The temporal relationship between incoming signals is crucial in determining whether multisensory information is integrated into unitary percepts. Temporal binding windows (TBWs) define the time range within which multisensory inputs are highly likely to be perceptually integrated, even if asynchronous. TBWs widen with stimulus complexity and neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., autism and schizophrenia), yet the key factors underlying their malleability remain unclear. The (quasi)rhythmic properties of sensory inputs, frequently embedded in natural stimuli (e.g., speech), are among the possible exogenous modulators. Indeed, stimulus spectral features can influence the alignment of neural excitability across sensory regions, synchronizing brain rhythms with external rhythmic patterns through phase-reset mechanisms and neural entrainment. In a series of psychophysical studies, we presented simultaneity judgement tasks with pulsing audio-visual (AV) streams amplitude-modulated according to different regular frequencies or following purely rhythmic vs. quasi-rhythmic (speech-like) envelopes. Results show that TBWs decrease as the stimulus frequency increases and that speech-like streams are integrated across larger TBWs. These findings highlight the importance of stimulus spectral structure in shaping multisensory perception. Furthermore, they show that quasi-rhythmic spectrotemporal features of speech-like streams induce more tolerant cross-modal temporal processing even when the leading stimulation frequency is controlled for, putatively reflecting an adaptation to the variable rhythmic structure of natural speech. Our results align with neurophysiological accounts of neural entrainment and motivate future research in clinical populations with multisensory processing deficits. (© 2025 The Author(s). British Journal of Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The British Psychological Society.) |
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| Grant Information: | Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca; Fondazione Regionale per la Ricerca Biomedica |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: audio‐visual processing; frequency; multisensory integration; rhythmic sensory stimulation; speech; temporal binding window (TBW) |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20250916 Date Completed: 20260109 Latest Revision: 20260111 |
| Update Code: | 20260130 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC12783870 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/bjop.70029 |
| PMID: | 40956654 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 2044-8295 |
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| DOI: | 10.1111/bjop.70029 |