Symposium: Contributions of Feedforward, Feedback and Lateral projections to Multisensory Convergence and Integration.
Multiple Paper Presentation

Charles E. Schroeder
Cognitive Neuroscience & Schizophrenia Program, Nathan Kline Institute and Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

     Abstract ID Number: 124

Symposium Overview
Reports of multisensory convergence and interaction in putatively ?unisensory? regions such as primary sensory cortices, raise fundamental questions about traditional theories of multisensory processing. Four speakers will present data relating to the manifestations of multisensory convergence in early sensory processing and the underlying mechanisms. Dr. Gemma Calvert will address the question of the interpretive limits to which noninvasive measurements in humans can be pushed. Dr. M. Alex Meredith will present a combination of physiological and anatomical data from nonhuman subjects to address the issue of top-down control of sensory processing. Based on anatomical findings from monkeys, Dr. Henry Kennedy will use quantitative connectivity data address some of the rules governing corticocortical connections that subserve sensory processing in general. Finally Dr. C.E. Schroeder will present findings from primate posterior auditory cortex which relate to both the mechanisms and functional significance of multisensory convergence in early sensory processing.

Papers in this Symposium:

• Charles E. Schroeder
  Cognitive Neuroscience & Schizophrenia Program, Nathan Kline Institute and Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  John F. Smiley
  Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia,Nathan Kline Institute
  Peter Lakatos
  Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia,Nathan Kline Institute
  Tammy McGinnis
  Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia,Nathan Kline Institute
  M. Noelle O'Connell
  Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia,Nathan Kline Institute
  Troy A. Hackett
  Hearing/Speech Sciences,Vanderbilt University
  Neural mechanisms and functional significance of multisensory convergence in early auditory cortical processing
• Helen Ruth Clemo
  Department of Physiology, Virginia Commonwealth University
  Alex Meredith
  Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University
  Feedback projections and multisensory convergence in higher-level association areas of cat cortex
• Henry Kennedy
  Unit 371 INSERM
  Arnaud Falchier
  INSERM
  Ken Knoblauch
  INSERM
  Bertrand Jouve
  Dept de Mathématiques et Informatique, University Toulouse 2 le Mirrail
  Eccentricity has a major influence on cortico-cortical connectivity of areas V1, V2 and V4 in the macaque
• John J. Foxe
  Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research and Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  Charles Schroeder
  Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research and Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  The case for early feedforward integration of multisensory inputs