Multisensory Perception and the Coding of Space
Publication date
2016-09-23
Authors
van der Stoep, N.
Nijboer, Tanja
Postma, Albert
Editors
Postma, Albert
van der Ham, Ineke
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Abstract
Vision, audition, and touch all code the space around us, or rather the things that are located in the space around us, in a different way. Yet, together our senses form a coherent spatial representation of our environment. In this chapter we will discuss how space is coded through vision, audition, and touch, and how spatial information from these senses is combined or integrated. We will continue by discussing neuropsychological impairments that affect spatial perception and multisensory integration, and finally how multisensory stimulation may help reduce or overcome some of these impairments.
Keywords
Vision, touch, audition, multisensory, space, neglect, hemianopia, Taverne
Citation
van der Stoep, N, Nijboer, T C W & Postma, A 2016, Multisensory Perception and the Coding of Space. in A Postma & I van der Ham (eds), Neuropsychology of Space : Spatial Functions of the Human Brain. Elsevier, San Diego, pp. 123-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801638-1.00004-5