Neuroscience of Perceptual Integration

An important goal in the study of object, word and face perception is to understand how the brain integrates various visual features - the binding process. Along with the progress of knowledge of neurophysiological properties of integration processes in cortical areas, a number of psychophysical, neuropsychological and computational studies have provided information about how and in what conditions the visual system combines different signals across time and space, the factors that modulate integration processes, the local processes that control larger scale integration, and how the mechanisms can be implemented physiologically. This special issue will aim to summarize the most recent data about integration processes based on investigations ranging from: the role of attention in integrating characteristics; the integration of visual information during the programming of saccades; what remains when integration fails in neurologically impaired patients; and data from single cell recordings in animals.