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Sensory processing
About: Sensory processing is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2432 publications have been published within this topic receiving 100104 citations. The topic is also known as: sensory integration.
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TL;DR: It is argued that coherence among subthreshold membrane potential fluctuations could be exploited to express selective functional relationships during states of expectancy or attention, and these dynamic patterns could allow the grouping and selection of distributed neuronal responses for further processing.
Abstract: Classical theories of sensory processing view the brain as a passive, stimulus-driven device. By contrast, more recent approaches emphasize the constructive nature of perception, viewing it as an active and highly selective process. Indeed, there is ample evidence that the processing of stimuli is controlled by top-down influences that strongly shape the intrinsic dynamics of thalamocortical networks and constantly create predictions about forthcoming sensory events. We discuss recent experiments indicating that such predictions might be embodied in the temporal structure of both stimulus-evoked and ongoing activity, and that synchronous oscillations are particularly important in this process. Coherence among subthreshold membrane potential fluctuations could be exploited to express selective functional relationships during states of expectancy or attention, and these dynamic patterns could allow the grouping and selection of distributed neuronal responses for further processing.
3,782 citations
TL;DR: This work should help to elucidate the neural processes and temporal dynamics governing the integration of cognitive and affective influences in attention and behaviour.
2,201 citations
TL;DR: FMRI was used during a cued spatial-attention task to dissociate brain activity related to attentional control from that related to selective processing of target stimuli, indicating that Superior frontal, inferior parietal and superior temporal cortex were selectively activated by cues.
Abstract: Selective visual attention involves dynamic interplay between attentional control systems and sensory brain structures. We used event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during a cued spatial-attention task to dissociate brain activity related to attentional control from that related to selective processing of target stimuli. Distinct networks were engaged by attention-directing cues versus subsequent targets. Superior frontal, inferior parietal and superior temporal cortex were selectively activated by cues, indicating that these structures are part of a network for voluntary attentional control. This control biased activity in multiple visual cortical areas, resulting in selective sensory processing of relevant visual targets.
1,979 citations
TL;DR: The notion that neocortical operations are essentially multisensory is examined, which forces us to abandon the notion that the senses ever operate independently during real-world cognition.
1,563 citations
TL;DR: These findings begin to confirm the prevalence and types of sensory processing impairments in autism and are needed to more clearly define patterns of sensoryprocessing in people with ASD.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study is to investigate differences in sensory processing among age-matched children between ages 3 and 6 years with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and those who are typically developing.
METHOD. Reported sensory processing abilities of 281 children with ASD were compared to age-matched peers who were typically developing, using the Short Sensory Profile (SSP).
RESULTS. Ninety-five percent of the sample of children with ASD demonstrated some degree of sensory processing dysfunction on the SSP Total Score, with the greatest differences reported on the Underresponsive/ Seeks Sensation, Auditory Filtering, and Tactile Sensitivity sections. The ASD group also performed significantly differently (p < .001) on 92% of the items, total score, and all sections of the SSP.
CONCLUSION. These findings, considered with similar published studies, begin to confirm the prevalence and types of sensory processing impairments in autism. Further research is needed to more clearly define patterns of sensory processing in people with ASD
1,490 citations
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| Year | Papers |
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| 2026 | 1 |
| 2025 | 119 |
| 2024 | 143 |
| 2023 | 166 |
| 2022 | 300 |
| 2021 | 266 |