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Researchers find that many people with autism process information from more than one sense differently, especially sound and sight. Studies report atypical audio-visual integration for both social cues (like faces and voices) and simple cues (like flashes and beeps). Some work links these differences to basic timing of perception and…
This paper traces the tuning fork from early ideas about bone hearing in the 1500s to its use in music and medicine today. The fork is a two-pronged metal tool that makes a steady pitch when struck. Doctors began using it to test hearing in the 1800s with the Weber…
This editorial introduces a Research Topic about how the brain combines different senses to make a sense of the body. The collected studies look at touch, space, body image, and rehab methods and show the brain is flexible in how it uses sensory signals. The editors also say we still…
