Development of Multisensory Integration

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  The Development of Multisensory Integration in Sighted and Non-/Partially-Sighted Individuals: Using psychophysics and electroencephalography to assess how vision impacts the ability to combine non-visual information.

• IRAS ID

  197917

• Contact name

  Meike Scheller

• Contact email

  m.scheller@bath.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Bath

• Duration of Study in the UK

  2 years, 1 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  This project will use psychophysics and electroencephalography (EEG) to assess how sighted and non-/partially- sighted children and adults combine non-visual (auditory, touch) information. The project aims to understand how the absence of vision impacts the development of non-visual integration. The objectives are (i) to assess whether there are behavioural and/or neural differences in sound and touch integration between sighted and non-/partially- sighted adults/children, and (ii) to measure at what age non-/partially- sighted children can gain from integrating non-visual information. This project will address unanswered questions regarding the development of non-visual abilities in non-/partially- sighted individuals, and is informative for understanding at what age therapies and devices that rely on the combination of non-visual information to substitute vision can have the biggest impact.

• REC name

  London - Fulham Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  17/LO/0058

• Date of REC Opinion

  20 Jan 2017

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion