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ArticleNature communications2021

Bioinspired multisensory neural network with crossmodal integration and recognition.

Hongwei Tan, Yifan Zhou, Quanzheng Tao, Johanna Rosen, Sebastiaan van Dijken

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
16.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 210 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hongwei TanNanoSpin, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University School of Science, P.O. Box 15100, FI-00076, Aalto, Finland. hongwei.tan@aalto.fi.ORCID 0000-0002-7725-387X
Yifan ZhouNanoSpin, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University School of Science, P.O. Box 15100, FI-00076, Aalto, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-1846-6103
Quanzheng TaoThin Film Physics, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE-581 83, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-4073-5242
Johanna RosenThin Film Physics, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE-581 83, Linköping, Sweden.
Sebastiaan van DijkenNanoSpin, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University School of Science, P.O. Box 15100, FI-00076, Aalto, Finland. sebastiaan.van.dijken@aalto.fi.ORCID 0000-0001-6372-2252
Aalto University · FILinköping University · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The integration and interaction of vision, touch, hearing, smell, and taste in the human multisensory neural network facilitate high-level cognitive functionalities, such as crossmodal integration, recognition, and imagination for accurate evaluation and comprehensive understanding of the multimodal world. Here, we report a bioinspired multisensory neural network that integrates artificial optic, afferent, auditory, and simulated olfactory and gustatory sensory nerves. With distributed multiple sensors and biomimetic hierarchical architectures, our system can not only sense, process, and memorize multimodal information, but also fuse multisensory data at hardware and software level. Using crossmodal learning, the system is capable of crossmodally recognizing and imagining multimodal information, such as visualizing alphabet letters upon handwritten input, recognizing multimodal visual/smell/taste information or imagining a never-seen picture when hearing its description. Our multisensory neural network provides a promising approach towards robotic sensing and perception.

Indexed as

BiomimeticsNeural Networks, ComputerRecognition, PsychologyHumansImaginationLearningNeuronsSmellTasteTouchVision, Ocular

Identifiers

PMID33602925
PMCPMC7893014
OpenAlexW3129565825

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