Multisensory integration develops late in humans

The Neural Bases of Multisensory Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 345-362

  Burr, David ^a   Gori, Monica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

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