Development and Neuroplasticity of Multisensory Integration

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How we as humans process sensory information greatly impacts the manner with which we perceive and interact with the world. The sensory information upon which our perceptions are based is multisensory in nature yet we know surprisingly little about how neural systems develop to integrate information across senses. This work aims to determine basic neural mechanisms and circuitry that underlie this fundamental process, how these neural mechanisms develop, and how they change with experience. Thus, the proposed work will lay bare the neural mechanisms that shape some of the most fundamental aspects of the human experience, particularly how we perceive and interact with our environment.