Cross-modal stochastic resonance--a special multisensory integration.
- Author:
Jie LIU
1
;
Leit AI
;
Kewet LOU
;
Jun LIU
Author Information
1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Acoustic Stimulation;
Auditory Perception;
physiology;
Brain;
physiology;
Humans;
Mental Processes;
physiology;
Sensory Thresholds;
physiology;
Stochastic Processes;
Visual Perception;
physiology
- From:
Journal of Biomedical Engineering
2010;27(4):929-932
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Cross-modal stochastic resonance is a ubiquitous phenomenon, that is, a weak signal from one sensory pathway can be enhanced by the noise from a different sensory pathway. It is a special multisensory integration (MI) that can not be explained by the inverse-effectiveness rule. According to cross-modal stochastic resonance, the detection of signal is an inverted U-like function of the intensity of noise at different levels. In this paper, we reviewed the research of cross-modal stochastic resonance and put forward some possible explanations for it. These efforts raise a new idea for neural encoding and information processing of the brain.
