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Abstract:
Abstract: The superior colliculus contains maps of visual,
auditory and tactile input organised in crossmodal spatial
register, and has become a model system for understanding
crossmodal spatial interactions and their development. This talk
will review the role of normal and abnormal experience in
generating collicular maps and their crossmodal correspondence; the
influence of specific neurotransmitter systems on the observed
plasticity; the computational basis of multimodal influences on
collicular firing rate; and the possible relation of these
collicular cells to crossmodal illusions arising in both human and
animal subjects.
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