Topic: perceptual binding

The relative timing of different sensory input signals is an important factor in multisensory integration and perception. When multiple forms of sensory stimuli arise from a single source, the degree of synchrony in the arrival of these stimuli can provide distance cues. The difference between the velocities of light and sound introduces a distance dependent lag for auditory signals with respect to visual information. Audio-visual delays therefore carry information about the distance to the stimulus source. Here we investigated the representation of audio-visual delays in the mouse superior co