Animal and human behaviour relies on local sensory signals that are often ambiguous. A new study shows how tuning neuronal responses to celestial cues helps locust navigation, demonstrating a common principle of sensory information processing: the use of matched filters.

The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Evidence-Based Practice Project has developed a table summarizing the research opportunities on children and adolescents with challenges in sensory processing and sensory integration. The table provides an overview of the state of current available evidence on interventions within the scope of occupational therapy practice and is based on the...

and Orgogozo and Larsen4 provide powerful evidence that the supplementary motor areas modulate the motor programming of repetitive and sequential movements, including articulation, rather than attention. Since the supplementary sensory areas seem to have sensory functions analogous to the motor functions of the supplementary motor areas,’ I suspect the supplementary sensory areas have something...

The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is thought to modulate the neural network state in favor of the processing of task-relevant sensory information prior to the presentation of sensory stimuli. However, this proactive control mechanism cannot always optimize the network state because of intrinsic fluctuation of neural activity upon arrival of sensory information. In the present study, we have investiga...

of project on ICA and image coding 1 Sensory Redundancy and Primary Codes Several attempts have been made to set up a theory of sensory coding in the primary visual system. Most of the proposed theories, supported by biological experiments, suggest that sensory coding is an information processing strategy which aims to reduce (or transform) redundancy, but preserve information, in order to prod...

Aims: Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder. Deficit in sensory functions is one of the characteristics of people with autism, and usually these people show abnormality in processing and correct interpretation of auditory information. Also people with Autism show problems in communicating with others. This review article deals with the accurate understanding of Auditory processing skills...

Although sensory perception and neurobiology are traditionally investigated one modality at a time, real world behaviour and perception are driven by the integration of information from multiple sensory sources. Mounting evidence suggests that the neural underpinnings of multisensory integration extend into early sensory processing. This article examines the notion that neocortical operations a...