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MELD Conference Abstracts

MELD publications will be added as the consortium’s projects progress. Data gathered by the consortium in pursuit of their mission will be made publicly available as the science progresses. Please stay tuned to this website where we will have a link to the annotated data, which will collectively be referenced as the MIND MELD dataset.

2025 Conference Abstracts

Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience

  • Vitali, H., Sturlese, M., Piccinni, A., Barbieri, A., Campus, C., Berthod, M., Nobili, L., Murray, M., Gori, M. (2025, November 15-19). Behavioral Multisensory Integration Benefits in Children with ADHD [Conference presentation]. Society of Neuroscience (SfN 2025), San Diego, California, USA
  • Tiesman, A.J., Stoyanova, K., Bertishch, H., Ramachandran, R. Wallace, M.T. (2025, November 15-19). Cue-dependent audiovisual motion judgments are statistically optimal but visually biased [Conference presentation]. Society of Neuroscience (SfN 2025), San Diego, California, USA
  • Marshall, H., Wallace, M.T. (2025, November 15-19). Faster Together: How Timing and Meaning Shape Audiovisual Integration [Conference presentation]. Society of Neuroscience (SfN 2025), San Diego, California, USA
  • Machado, A., LeQuire, A., Cristaldi, A., Chang, C., Wallace, M.T. (2025, November 15-19). Generalization of Learning Arbitrary Audiovisual Associations via Low-Level Features [Conference presentation]. Society of Neuroscience (SfN 2025), San Diego, California, USA

International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF)

  • Hu, Y., Zhao, S. C., Lee, J., Machado, A., Wallace, M., & Tovar, D. (2025, July 15–18). Mirroring the multisensory brain: Fine-tuning multimodal AI with human embeddings [Conference presentation]. 23rd International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF 2025), Durham, United Kingdom
  • Tiesman, A.J., Stoyanova, K., Ramachandran, R., & Wallace, M.T. (2025, July 15–18). Increase in visual reliability enhances judgments of audiovisual motion [Conference presentation]. 23rd International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF 2025), Durham, United Kingdom
  • Wallace, M. (2025, July 15–18). From Single Neurons to Immersive Environments: A Multisensory Scientist’s Journey [Conference presentation]. 23rd International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF 2025), Durham, United Kingdom
  • Quackenbush, W. J., Cascio, C. J., & Wallace, M. T. (2025, July 15-18). Active Multisensing Framework for Motor Stereotypies in Autism and Neurotypical Development [Poster presentation]. 23rd International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF 2025), Durham, United Kingdom
  • Srinivasan, H., Cascio, C. J., & Wallace, M. T. (2025, July 15-18). Virtual Bubbles, Real Insights: A Novel Approach to Mapping Peripersonal Space in Autism and Development. [Poster presentation]. 23rd International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF 2025), Durham, United Kingdom
  • Stoyanova, K., Tiesman, A.J., Ramachandran, R., & Wallace, M.T. (2025, July 15–18). Does prior trial information influence the perception of audiovisual motion? [Conference presentation]. 23rd International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF 2025), Durham, United Kingdom
  • Watson, M. R., Mansouri, S., Rosencrantz, S., King, M., Goyal, S., Stein, G., Tovar, D., Wallace, M. Validating the spatial fidelity of three-dimensional auditory simulation in a virtual audiovisual cave environment [Conference presentation]. 23rd International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF 2025), Durham, United Kingdom
  • Dynamic interaction between active and passive movement and temporal perception in childhood. Vitali H., Amadeo B., Sturlese M., Riberto M., Bertolasi J., Vitale A., Lewkowicz D.J., Murray M.M, Wallace M.T., Gori M. IMRF 2025, Talk.
  • Building Multisensory Experience: The Role of Sensory Interaction in Development and Accessible Technology. Gori M. IMRF 2025, Keynote talk.
  • Sensory timing discrimination during interceptive movements. Bartolini T., Riberto M., Vitali H., Vannucci F., Campus C., Gori M. International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF) 2025, poster.
  • The influence of speed on sensory timing discrimination during active and passive movements. Sturlese M., Vitali H., Riberto M., Vannucci F., Campus C., Gori M. International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF) 2025, poster.

IEEE International Workshop on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA)

  • Multidevice system for investigating the role of motion speed during an audio-tactile TOJ task. Vannucci F., Sturlese M., Vitali H., Bartolini T., Riberto M., Memeo M., Campus C., Tovar D.A., Lewkowicz D.J., Murray M., Wallace M., Gori M. IEEE International Workshop on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA) 2025, poster/article in press.
  • TaK: a Tactile Knob to Investigate Orientation Perception.  Vitale A., Bertolasi J., Orciari L., Lorini C., Parmiggiani A., Murray M. M., Wallace M., Gori M. IEEE International Workshop on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA) 2025, poster/article in press.

The Adaptive Brain: Development, Learning, and Learning Disorders (AdaBD)

  • Murray, MM (May 25-28, 2025) Low-level multisensory processes: from the impact of early life experience to the prediction of higher-order cognition (invited talk) The Adaptive Brain: Development, Learning, and Learning Disorders. Ascona, Switzerland.
  • Wallace, M.T. (May 25-28, 2025) From the Lab to Immersive Environments: Studies of Multisensory Processes in Increasingly Naturalistic Settings (invited talk). The Adaptive Brain: Development, Learning, and Learning Disorders. Ascona, Switzerland

Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS)

  • Wallace, M.T., Murray, M.M., Lewkowicz, D.J., Tovar, D.A., Watson, M. R. Platforms, Paradigms, and Pipelines for Characterizing Multisensory Development in Children. Presented at: Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) 32nd Annual Meeting, April 13-16, 2025; Boston, Massachusetts.

2024 Conference Abstracts

International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF)

Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS)