Dr Adam John Privitera co-publishes a journal article in the Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews journal

Dr Adam John Privitera, Education Research Scientist at the Science of Learning in Education Centre (SoLEC), co-wrote a journal article titled “Brain Imaging Studies of Multisensory Integration in Emotion Perception: A Scoping Review” in the Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews journal.

Emotions are essential in everyday human functioning, yet accurately perceiving them is a complex task. Emotional cues originating from multiple sensory modalities need to be efficiently integrated to form holistic percepts. This process, known as emotional multisensory integration (eMSI), involves the recruitment of multiple brain regions and has been shown to enhance emotion perception. The scoping review provides an updated and exhaustive overview of the current literature on brain regions underlying eMSI. Findings support that brain regions underlying both multisensory (e.g., thalamus, posterior superior temporal sulcus/gyrus) and emotional integration (e.g., fusiform gyrus, medial temporal gyrus) interact to enhance eMSI, leading to improved emotion detection.