Multimodal sensory input

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The hippocampus is a fitting place to look for a neural substrate of schizophrenia. The human hippocampus receives highly processed, multimodal sensory information via two inputs from the entorhi-nal cortex (ERC), compares the two inputs, and returns information to several cortical areas. This connectivity pattern is crucial for at least two brain functions that are considered to be abnormal in schizophrenia, i.e., memory and affect regulation. 

Multimodality refers to multiple paths of communication employed by users to carry input and output. Its variations offer choices for interaction which should appropriately help, support and extend the way users communicate and perform activities in different situations. Much of past multimodality research has aimed to solve information representation focusing on the usage of visual and audio sensory channels. A recent study [1] suggests that only 1% of multi-sensory research is on haptic sense. Unlike visual perception, haptic is bidirectional, i.e. can be used as both input and output to the systems. If we use human body as a whole for interaction design, we will benefit from its characteristics which are depth, height, breadth, and body posture. Applications may be designed for free movement and interactions can be naturally controlled by haptics and gesture. 

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