Mark Wallace, Ph.D Laboratory Director

Director, Vanderbilt
Brain Institute

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Driver, J. and T. Noesselt, Multisensory interplay reveals cross- modal influences on 'sensory specific' brain regions, neural responses, and judgments. Neuron, 2008. 57(1): p. 11-23.

Ghazanfar, A.A and C.E. Schroeder, Is neocortex essentially multisensory? Trends Cogn Sci, 2006. 10(6): p, 278-85.

Calvert, G.A., C. Spence, and B.E. Stein, eds. The Handbook of Multisensory Processes. 2004, The MIT Press: Cambridge, MA.

Stein, B.E. and M.A. Meredith, The Merging of the Senses. 1993, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Meredith, M.A. and B.E. Stein, Spatial determinants of multi-sensory integration in cat superior colliculus neurons. J. Neurophysiol, 1996. 75(5): p. 1843-57.

Meredith, M.A., J.W. Nemitz, and B.E. Stein, Determinants of multisensory integration in superior colliculus neurons. 1 Temporal factors. J. Neuroscience, 1987. 7: p. 3215-3229.

Meredith, M.A. and B.E. Stein, Spatial factors determine the activity of multisensory neurons in cat superior colliculus. Brain Res., 1986. 365: p.350-354.

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Meredith, M.A. and B.E. Stein, Descending efferents from the superior colliculus relay integrated multisensory information. Science, 1985. 227(4687): p. 657-9.

Meredith, M.A. and B.E. Stein, Interactions among converging sensory inputs in the superior colliculus. Science, 1983. 221: p. 389-391.

Carriere, B.N., et al., Visual deprivation alters the devel-opment of cortical multisensory integration. J Neurophysiol, 2007. 98(5): p. 2858-67.

Wallace, M.T. and B.E. Stein, Early experience determines how the senses will interact. J Neurophysiol, 2007. 97(1): p. 921-6.

Jiang, W., H. Jiang, and B.E. Stein, Neonatal cortical ablation disrupts multisensory development in superior colliculus. J Neurophysiol, 2006. 95(3): p. 1380-96.

Wallace, M.T., et al., The development of cortical multisensory integration. J Neurosci, 2006. 26(46): p. 11844-9.

Lewkowicz, D.J. and A.A. Ghazanfar, The decline of cross-species
intersensory perception in human infants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2006. 103(17): p. 6771-4.

Lickliter, R. and L.E. Bahrick, Perceptual development and the origins of multisensory responsiveness, in The Handbook of Multisensory Processes, G.A. Calvert, C. Spence, and B.E. Stein, Editors. 2004, MIT Press: Cambridge, MA. p. 643-654.

Wallace, M.T., The development of multisensory integration, in The Handbook of Multisensory Processes, G.A. Calvert, C. Spence, and B.E. Stein, Editors. 2004, The MIT Press: Cambridge, MA. p. 683-700.

Wallace, M.T., et al., Visual experience is necessary for the development of multisensory integration. J Neurosci, 2004. 24(43): p. 9580-4.

Wallace, M.T. and B.E. Stein, Onset of cross-modal synthesis in the neonatal superior colliculus is gated by the development of cortical influences. J Neurophysiol, 2000. 83(6): p. 3578-82.

Wallace, M.T. and B.E. Stein, Development of multisensory neurons and multisensory integration in cat superior colliculus. J Neurosci, 1997. 17(7): p. 2429-2444.

Lewkowicz, D.J., Development of intersensory perception in human infants, in The development of intersensory perception: comparative perspectives, D.J. Lewkowicz and R. Lickliter, Editors. 1994, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates:
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Stein, B., et al., Enhancement of perceived visual intensity by auditory stimuli: a psychophysical analysis. J Cogn Neurosci, 1996. 8: p. 497-506.

Harrington, L.K. and C.K. Peck, Spatial disparity affects visual-auditory interactions in human sensorimotor processing. Exp Brain Res, 1998. 122(2): p. 247-52.

Corneil, B.D., et al., Auditory-visual interactions subserving goal-directed saccades in complex scene. J Neurophysiol, 2002. 88(1): p. 438-54.

Frassinetti, F., N. Bolognini, and E. Ladavas, Enhancement of visual perception by crossmodal visuo-auditory interactions. Exp Brain Res, 2002. 147(3): p. 332-43.

Forster, B., et al., Redundant target effect and intersensory facilitation from visual-tactile interactions in simple reaction time. Exp Brain Res, 2002 143(4): p. 480-7.

Hairston, W.D., et al., Visual localization ability influences cross-modal bias. J Cogn Neurosci, 2003. 15(1): p. 20-9.

Odgaard, E.C., Y. Arieh, and L.E. Marks, Cross-modal enhancement of perceived brightness: sensory interaction versus response bias. Percept Psychophys, 2003. 65(1): p. 123-32.

Lovelace, C.T., B.E. Stein, and M.T. Wallace, An irrelevant light enhances auditory detection in humans: a psychophysical analysis of multisensory integration in stimulus detection. Cognitive Brain Research, 2003. 17: p. 447-453.

Colonius, H. and A. Diederich, Multisensory interaction in saccadic reaction time: a time-window-of-integration model. J Cogn Neurosci, 2004. 16(6): p. 1000-9.

Diederich, A. and H. Colonius, Bimodal and trimodal multisensory enhancement: effects of stimulus onset and intensity on reaction time. Percept Psychophys, 2004. 66(8): p. 1388-404.