During our everyday lives, we are confronted with a vast amount of information from several sensory modalities. This multisensory information needs to be appropriately integrated for us to effectively engage with and learn from our world. Research carried out over the last half century has provided new insights into the way such multisensory processing improves human performance and perception; the neurophysiological foundations of multisensory function; the time course for its development; how multisensory abilities differ in clinical populations; and, most recently, the links between multisensory processing and cognitive abilities. This review summarizes the extant literature on multisensory function in typical and atypical circumstances, discusses the implications of the work carried out to date for theory and research, and points toward next steps for advancing the field.

中文翻译：

---

多感官整合是通向有序和中断的认知与交流的窗口。

在我们的日常生活中，我们面临着来自几种感觉方式的大量信息。需要对这些多感官信息进行适当整合，以使我们有效地与世界互动并从中学习。在过去的半个世纪中进行的研究为这种多感觉处理改善人类表现和感知的方式提供了新的见解。多种感觉功能的神经生理基础；其发展的时程；临床人群中的多感官能力有何不同？最近，多感官加工与认知能力之间的联系。这篇评论总结了在典型和非典型情况下有关多感觉功能的现有文献，讨论了迄今为止开展的工作对理论和研究的影响，