ArticleAging brain2022
Multisensory integration precision is associated with better cognitive performance over time in older adults: A large-scale exploratory study.
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- Beyond motor: a systematic review of multisensory integration deficits in Parkinson's disease.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of Multisensory Integration Training on Postural Stability Characteristics and Fall Risk in Older Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR aging · 2026Pooled it
- The association between dual sensory impairment and dementia: a meta-analysis and systematic review of the literature.Age and ageing · 2025Pooled it
- The cost effectiveness of a multidomain intervention on physical, cognitive, vascular, dietary and psychosocial outcomes among community dwelling older adults with cognitive frailty in Malaysia: The AGELESS Trial.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2025Trial
- A Novel Combined Audiovisual-Semantic Digital Tool for Early-Stage Cognitive Decline Detection: Development and Validation Study.JMIR aging · 2026Article
- Investigating developmental changes in susceptibility to temporal audiovisual illusions on balance and sensorimotor function in children.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The DentoNeural Axis: A Piezo channel-mediated mechanosensory pathway linking tooth loss to cognitive decline.Aging brain · 2026Article
- Altered dynamic functional connectivity and reduced higher order information interaction in Parkinson's patients with hyposmia.NPJ systems biology and applications · 2025Article
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- Preliminary report: Reduced hand sensory and motor function in persons living with heart failure.PloS one · 2024Article
- Age-Related Changes to Multisensory Integration and Audiovisual Speech Perception.Brain sciences · 2023Review
- Older adults with slow sit to stand times show reduced temporal precision of audio-visual integration.Experimental brain research · 2023Article
- The temporal precision of audiovisual integration is associated with longitudinal fall incidents but not sensorimotor fall risk in older adults.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Longitudinal grip strength is associated with susceptibility to the Sound Induced Flash Illusion in older adults.Aging brain · 2023Article
- Audio-visual integration is more precise in older adults with a high level of long-term physical activity.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
Age-related sensory decline impacts cognitive performance and exposes individuals to a greater risk of cognitive decline. Integration across the senses also changes with age, yet the link between multisensory perception and cognitive ageing is poorly understood. We explored the relationship between multisensory integration and cognitive function in 2875 adults aged 50 + from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Multisensory integration was assessed at several audio-visual temporal asynchronies using the Sound Induced Flash Illusion (SIFI). More precise integration (i.e. less illusion susceptibility with larger temporal asynchronies) was cross-sectionally associated with faster Choice Response Times and Colour Trail Task performance, and fewer errors on the Sustained Attention to Response Task. We then used k-means clustering to identify groups with different 10-year cognitive trajectories on measures available longitudinally; delayed recall, immediate recall and verbal fluency. Across measures, groups with consistently higher performance trajectories had more precise multisensory integration. These findings support broad links between multisensory integration and several cognitive measures, including processing speed, attention and memory, rather than association with any specific subdomain.
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