A correlation feedback model of audio‐visual integration

To date, a lot of empirical research has been done by many laboratories to investigate how information from different senses interacts to affect perceptual experience. Given the quantity and variety of observations published, it is necessary to begin to organize and integrate the information into a coherent framework. Here a framework is presented in the form of a systems‐level model of auditory‐visual interaction in the brain. The temporal correlation feedback model is a computational model to illustrate the change in human experience and perception of auditory and visual information as a result of the interaction of the two senses. The model is able to explain many of the effects of audiovisual integration and the characteristics of audiovisual synchrony detection observed in other studies.