Crossmodal processing

Abstract

This special issue of Experimental Brain Research comprises a collection of original research papers and review articles highlighting some of the most exciting basic research currently being undertaken in the area of crossmodal information processing and multisensory integration. However, before proceeding, it is, perhaps, worth saying a few words with regards to terminology. Over the years, scientists in this area have used a wide range of different terms to try and capture the phenomena that they have discovered and/or researched on. So, for example, in the literature we find terms such as polymodal, metamodal, multimodal, intermodal, multisensory and crossmodal (to name but a few)! In this special issue, we have tried to encourage the authors to restrict themselves primarily to just the latter two terms. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)