The Neural Basis of Multisensory Plasticity
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensory and Motor Neuroscience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 January 2023) | Viewed by 26750
Special Issue Editor
Interests: multisensory; self-motion; heading perception; vestibular; visual; primate; electrophysiology; microstimulation; reversal inactivation; causal link
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Multisensory plasticity is central for our perception and action, enabling our senses to calibrate dynamically across different modalities and adapt to the external environment, thus providing stable and flexible brain functions. It was observed over different temporal scales ranging from short-term multisensory learning to lifespan cross-modal change. However, the precise neural mechanisms of the multisensory plasticity have not been fully understood, as the experience and training can affect the process of multisensory integration, while multisensory training can also drive functional and structural plasticity. The themes of this Special Issue can include any aspect of multisensory plasticity such as:
- How multisensory perception and action are affected by altered short-term sensory experience or long-term sensory and motor disabilities;
- The underlying neural networks during multisensory plasticity through functional imaging;
- The neural activities correlated with the multisensory plasticity behavior;
- The developmental change of multisensory perception and its associated neural circuit changes;
- The molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie multisensory plastic behavior;
- The computational principles and modeling on multisensory plasticity operations and the network dynamics.
Dr. Aihua Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- multisensory plasticity
- neural circuit
- functional imaging
- electrophysiology
- computational modeling
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