New Horizons in Multisensory Perception and Processing—2nd Edition
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Behavioral Neuroscience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 24 November 2025 | Viewed by 12
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Interests: olfactory cognition; Event Related Potentials (ERP); Chemosensory Related Potentials (CSERP); Olfactory Related Potential (OERP); EEG; cognitive neuroscience; attention; pheromones
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Dear Colleagues,
The concept of perception has changed significantly in recent decades.
Starting from the simplest concepts of 'receptor organ' and localized receptor, the framework has extended to a 'diffuse' receptor system (e.g., photoreceptors in the blood and olfactory receptors in the stomach, intestine, sperm), where the simple sensory response and perception lose their meaning if not included in a multisensory and multilevel perception system, within a process that starts from epigenetic transformations up to endogenous perceptual transformations. Chemoceptive processes, as well as those connected to auditory, tactile, and vestibular aspects, are adapted to multisensory aspects, where the concept of single-sensory perception is abandoned to expand to a concept of integrated and multi-sense perception. Studies conducted with methodologies, such as electrophysiology, functional magnetic resonance, fNIRS and cortical stimulation techniques, are welcome. Furthermore, both clinical and basic research models are welcome. This Special Issue aims to promote scientific articles that highlight the new horizons in multisensory perception and processing.
Dr. Sara Invitto
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- chemosensory perception
- multisensory perception
- haptic perception
- auditory perception
- multisensory processing
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