Symposium: multisensory processing in and near primary auditory cortex
Multiple Paper Presentation

charles schroeder
Nathan Kline Institute and Dept. Psychiatry, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons.

     Abstract ID Number: 8
     Last modified: January 13, 2006
     Presentation date: 06/18/2006 2:00 PM in Hamilton Building, McNeil Theatre
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Symposium Overview
Multisensory Processing In and Near Primary Auditory Cortex.
Organizer: Charles E. Schroeder

Converging evidence from studies in both human and nonhuman primates demonstrate multisensory convergence and interaction at the earliest stages of cortical auditory processing. These findings define what is arguably the most radical and controversial form of multisensory processing, and they call into question some of our most basic assumptions about the mechanisms and functions of low level cortical processing itself. The proposed symposium consists of four talks on this topic.

Michael Brosch (Inst.Neurobiol. Magdeburg, Germany) will describe findings relating to the visual responsiveness of auditory neurons, uncovered by his recent studies in awake-behaving monkeys.

Asif Ghazanfar (Dept. Psychology, Princeton Univ., New Jersey, USA) will describe findings from LFP and multiunit studies of audiovisual integration in vocalization processing in awake monkeys.

Peter Lakatos (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest Hungary and Nathan Kline Institute, New York – USA) will discuss audiovisual and somato-auditory interactions as defined by LFP, CSD and multiunit studies in awake monkeys.

Troy Hackett (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN) will discuss the cortical and subcortical input pathways that support multisensory interactions in auditory cortex.

Papers in this Symposium:

• Peter Lakatos
  Cognitive Neuroscience & Schizophrenia Program, Nathan Kline Institute
  Monica N. O'Connell
  Cognitive Neuroscience & Schizophrenia Program, Nathan Kline Institute
  Aimee Mills
  Cognitive Neuroscience & Schizophrenia Program, Nathan Kline Institute
  George Karmos
  Inst. Psychology, Hungarian Acad. Sci., Budapest, Hungary
  Charles Schroeder
  Cognitive Neuroscience & Schizophrenia Program, Nathan Kline Institute
  Role of oscillations in multisensory enhancement of auditory processing
• Michael Brosch
  Institute of Neurobiology, Magdeburg
  Representation of non-auditory events in monkey auditory cortex
• Troy Hackett
  Dept. Psychology, Vanderbilt University
  John Smiley
  Cognitive Neuroscience & Schizophrenia Program, Nathan Kline Inst.
  George Karmos
  Inst. Psychology, Hungarian Acad. Sci., Budapest, Hungary
  Istvan Ulbert
  Inst. Psychology, Hungarian Acad. Sci., Budapest, Hungary
  Peter Lakatos
  Cognitive Neuroscience & Schizophrenia Program, Nathan Kline Inst.
  Charles Schroeder
  Cognitive Neuroscience & Schizophrenia Program, Nathan Kline Inst.
  Sources of somatic sensory input to auditory cortex in monkeys
• Asif Ghazanfar
  Princeton University
  Face/voice integration in monkey auditory cortex