We live in a multisensory world. However, in classrooms, unisensory approaches are preferred, although they are unnatural and usually demotivating for youngsters. We conducted this mix-method study to investigate the possible effects of a multisensor...
Biological and technical systems operate in a rich multimodal environment. Due to the diversity of incoming sensory streams a system perceives and the variety of motor capabilities a system exhibits there is no single representation and no singular u...
This study examined how digital technology facilitated early childhood music learning in multi-sensory, engaging experiences. In a 16-week quasi-experimental, mixed-method study that used the Holistic Music Educational Approach for Young Children (HM...
Background: Multicultural education and second-language acquisition engaged neural networks, supporting executive function, memory, and social cognition in adulthood, represent powerful forms of brain-inspired multisensory learning. The neuroeducatio...
Online-learning is a feasible alternative to in-person attendance during COVID-19 pandemic. In this period, information technologies have allowed sharing experiences, but have also highlighted some limitations compared to traditional learning. Learni...
The pre-harvest estimation of seed composition from standing crops is imperative for field management practices and plant phenotyping. This paper presents for the first time the potential of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)-based high-resolution hypers...
Grasp classification is pivotal for understanding human interactions with objects, with wide-ranging applications in robotics, prosthetics, and rehabilitation. This study introduces a novel methodology utilizing a multisensory data glove to capture i...
Dexterous manipulation concerns the control of a robot hand to manipulate an object in a desired manner. While classical dexterous manipulation strategies are based on stable grasping (or force closure), many human-like manipulation tasks do not main...
Many courses are transitioning from offline to online instruction in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Landscape architecture conservation courses face problems such as reduced interest in learning, poor learning attitudes and low learning efficienc...
Integration of sensory signals that emanate from the same source, such as the visual of lip articulations and the sound of the voice of a speaking individual, can improve perception of the source signal (e.g., speech). Because momentary sensory input...
Despite the known benefits of social-emotional learning (SEL) for children, evidence-based, culturally sensitive, and multisensory SEL programs are limited. To address existing challenges in SEL for underprivileged youth, we developed the multicompon...
Recent advances in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), mini and mobile sensors, and GeoAI (a blend of geospatial and artificial intelligence (AI) research) are the main highlights among agricultural innovations to improve crop productivity and thus secur...
This paper presents the design and evaluation of a multisensory tangible game device aimed at promoting pre-Braille literacy in children with varying visual abilities, including those who are blind, partially sighted, and sighted. The prototype integ...
Agency is central to remote actions, and it may enhance skills learning due to a partial overlap between brain structures and networks, the promotion of confidence towards a telemanipulator, and the feeling of congruence of the motor choice to the mo...
Predicting change from multivariate time series has relevant applications ranging from the medical to engineering fields. Multisensory stimulation therapy in patients with dementia aims to change the patient’s behavioral state. For example, pat...
Immersive virtual reality (IVR) has demonstrated significant potential in educational contexts. Nonetheless, prior IVR implementations have primarily focused on visual and auditory simulations, neglecting olfaction, which has limited immersive learni...
Navigation is crucial for animal survival, and despite their small brains, insects are impressive at it. For example, desert ants acquire environmental information by learning to walk before foraging, enabling them to return home accurately over long...
Two universal functional principles of Grossberg’s Adaptive Resonance Theory decipher the brain code of all biological learning and adaptive intelligence. Low-level representations of multisensory stimuli in their immediate environmental contex...
This paper addresses the problem of recognising and classifying hand movements to control an upper-limb exoskeleton. To solve this problem, a multisensory system based on the fusion of data from electromyography (EMG) sensors, inertial measurement un...
Comparative cognition aims to understand the evolutionary history and current function of cognitive abilities in a variety of species with diverse natural histories. One characteristic often attributed to higher cognitive abilities is higher-order co...
Autonomous social robots aim to reduce human supervision by performing various tasks. To achieve this, they are equipped with multiple perceptual channels to interpret and respond to environmental cues in real time. However, multimodal perception oft...
As a result of several governments closing educational facilities in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, almost 80% of the world’s students were not in school for several weeks. Schools and universities are thus increasing their efforts to lev...
The advent of Industry 4.0 necessitates substantial interaction between humans and machines, presenting new challenges when it comes to evaluating the stress levels of workers who operate in increasingly intricate work environments. Undoubtedly, work...
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease that has a fast progression of motor dysfunction within the first 5 years of diagnosis, showing an annual motor rate of decline of the Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson’s Disease Ratin...
Traditionally, speech perception training paradigms have not adequately taken into account the possibility that there may be modality-specific requirements for perceptual learning with auditory-only (AO) versus visual-only (VO) speech stimuli. The st...
During the past decade, falling has been one of the top three causes of death amongst firefighters in China. Even though there are many studies on fall-detection systems (FDSs), the majority use a single motion sensor. Furthermore, few existing studi...
Fingerprints are gaining in popularity, and fingerprint datasets are becoming increasingly large. They are often captured utilizing a variety of sensors embedded in smart devices such as mobile phones and personal computers. One of the primary issues...
Ecotones, i.e., transition zones between habitats, are important landscape features, yet they are often ignored in landscape monitoring. This study addresses the challenge of delineating ecotones at multiple scales by integrating multisource remote s...
Inclusive education aims to ensure equitable participation for all students. Technology plays a crucial role in this endeavor by providing tools that eliminate barriers, personalize learning, and foster active participation, especially for students w...
The smart classrooms of the future will use different software, devices and wearables as an integral part of the learning process. These educational applications generate a large amount of data from different sources. The area of Multimodal Learning...
It is known that talkers can be recognized by listening to their specific vocal qualities—breathiness and fundamental frequencies. However, talker identification can also occur by focusing on the talkers’ unique articulatory style, which...
Visually Impaired People (VIP) face significant challenges in their daily lives, relying on others or trained dogs for assistance when navigating outdoors. Researchers have developed the Smart Stick (SS) system as a more effective aid than traditiona...
In this work, we describe a cooperative air quality sensor architecture based on crowdfunded, mobile, electrochemical sensor based, monitoring systems. The platform aims to produce enhanced information on personal pollutant exposure and enable cooper...
This article presents the research and results of field tests and simulations regarding an autonomous/robotic railway vehicle, designed to collect multiple information on safety and functional parameters of a surface railway and/or subway section, ba...
Maize (Zea mays L.) silage’s forage quality significantly impacts dairy animal performance and the profitability of the livestock industry. Recently, using uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with advanced sensors has become a research fro...
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Multisensory processing has long been recognized to enhance perception, cognition, and actions in adults. However, there is currently limited understanding of how multisensory stimuli, in comparison to unisensory stimuli, contribute to the developmen...
This paper reports an empirical study of a multisensory map used by visually impaired primary school pupils, to study human habitats and differences between urban, suburban and rural areas using a local example. Using multimodal analysis, we propose...
Multi-sensory interaction aids learning, inclusion, and collaboration because it accommodates the diverse cognitive and perceptual needs [...]
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been described as a “next development of networked learning”, and they have the potential to mediate sensory learning. To understand this phenomenon, the present systematic review examines the rese...
Electroencephalography (EEG)-basedpersonal identification has gained significant attention, but fluctuations in emotional states often affect model accuracy. Previous studies suggest that multisensory stimuli, such as video and olfactory cues, can en...
The development of assistive technologies is improving the independent access of blind and visually impaired people to visual artworks through non-visual channels. Current single modality tactile and auditory approaches to communicate color contents...
The popularity of the online teaching model increased during the COVID-19, and virtual reality online education is now firmly established as a future trend in educational growth. Human–computer interaction and collaboration between virtual mode...
The sensory profile of people with Williams syndrome (WS) is characterised by atypical visual and auditory perceptions that affect their daily lives and learning. However, no research has been carried out on the haptic perception, in particular in mu...
Recently, deep learning methods and multisensory fusion have been applied to address odometry challenges in unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). In this paper, we propose an end-to-end visual-lidar-inertial odometry framework to enhance the accuracy of p...
The natural environment and our interaction with it are essentially multisensory, where we may deploy visual, tactile and/or auditory senses to perceive, learn and interact with our environment. Our objective in this study is to develop a scene analy...
Physiological sensors can be used to detect changes in the emotional state of users with affective computing. This has lately been applied in the educational domain, aimed to better support learners during the learning process. For this purpose, we h...
This study aims to identify motivational and attitude variables among Chilean young English learners from Concepción. A child-appropriate Likert scale questionnaire was distributed to 137 students from the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade of two state-...
Museums are much more than repositories of cultural relics to be preserved for the future. They are centers of learning, community centers, social hubs—even places of healing and contemplation. The museum experience is a multilayered journey th...
This paper examines multisensory museums, envisioned as extended or hybrid realities where the physical and digital coexist to offer cognitively and emotionally engaging experiences to the public, while enhancing the sense of authenticity. Multisenso...
The integration of multisensory-based public subjective perception into planning, management, and policymaking is of great significance for the sustainable development and protection of UGBS. Online reviews are a suitable data source for this issue,...
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