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Multisensory integration mechanisms during aging
Multisensory integration mechanisms during aging
The rapid demographical shift occurring in our society implies that understanding of healthy aging and age-related diseases is one of our major future challenges. Sensory impairments have an enormous impact on our lives and are closely linked to cognitive functioning. Due to the inherent complexity...
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Personal Name(s): | Freiherr, Jessica (Corresponding Author) |
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Lundström, Johan N. / Habel, Ute / Reetz, Kathrin | |
Contributing Institute: |
Physik der Medizinischen Bildgebung; INM-4 JARA-BRAIN; JARA-BRAIN |
Published in: | Frontiers in human neuroscience, 7 (2013) S. 863 |
Imprint: |
Lausanne
Frontiers Research Foundation
2013
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PubMed ID: |
24379773 |
DOI: |
10.3389/fnhum.2013.00863 |
Document Type: |
Journal Article |
Research Program: |
Neuroimaging Imaging the Living Brain |
Link: |
OpenAccess |
Publikationsportal JuSER |
Please use the identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00863 in citations.
The rapid demographical shift occurring in our society implies that understanding of healthy aging and age-related diseases is one of our major future challenges. Sensory impairments have an enormous impact on our lives and are closely linked to cognitive functioning. Due to the inherent complexity of sensory perceptions, we are commonly presented with a complex multisensory stimulation and the brain integrates the information from the individual sensory channels into a unique and holistic percept. The cerebral processes involved are essential for our perception of sensory stimuli and becomes especially important during the perception of emotional content. Despite ongoing deterioration of the individual sensory systems during aging, there is evidence for an increase in, or maintenance of, multisensory integration processing in aging individuals. Within this comprehensive literature review on multisensory integration we aim to highlight basic mechanisms and potential compensatory strategies the human brain utilizes to help maintain multisensory integration capabilities during healthy aging to facilitate a broader understanding of age-related pathological conditions. Further our goal was to identify where further research is needed |