Neural timescale processing in multisensory integration

26 February 2024

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Daniel Senkowski, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Abstract:
In everyday life, the various inputs to our sensory system contain information at different timescales. For example, visual stimuli typically contain information on a shorter timescale than olfactory stimuli. Thus, at the neural level, multisensory information must be integrated across multiple timescales, which requires flexible and rapidly adaptable neural mechanisms. In this talk, I will present empirical data suggesting an important role of neural network dynamics, as reflected in oscillatory power and phase modulations, as well as dynamics in functional connectivity, for multisensory information processing across different timescales. I will also discuss scenarios in which these neural mechanisms might contribute to integrative multisensory processing. Taken together, the available data suggest that multi-timescale neural dynamics are crucial for the processing and integration of multisensory information.

Further information about the speakers can be found here: https://psychiatrie-psychotherapie.charite.de/metas/person/person/address_detail/prof_dr_rer_nat_daniel_senkowski

We organise the present talk as a an online lecture (Zoom details will follow). Credit Points can be obtained as usual as long as you participate for the whole duration of the talk.

Date and time: 26.02.2024 17:00, Zoom meeting