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cross-modal

cross-modal

8.1
Different senses like sight and hearing work together to understand things
  • adjective
  • /ˈkrɔsˌmoʊdəl/
  • Specialized
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  • The brain's cross-modal processing allows us to integrate sounds with images.

Examples

  • Researchers are studying cross-modal interactions between vision and touch in perception.

  • Researchers are studying cross-modal integration between visual and auditory information in the brain.

  • Children develop cross-modal recognition as they learn to associate voices with faces.

  • The study focused on cross-modal perception in children.

  • Researchers found that cross-modal integration enhances learning.

  • Children develop cross-modal recognition as they learn to associate sounds with images.

  • The brain's cross-modal processing helps us combine what we see and hear to understand our environment.

Synonyms

multisensory
vscross-modal
1 4.4

It uses two or more senses together, like sight and sound

focuses on linking and integrating information across different senses

How Multisensory

multimodal
  • Specialized
1 5.7
cross-modal
  • Specialized
8.1
bimodal
  • Specialized
6.8
unimodal
  • Specialized
8.6

Surface Forms

cross-modal positive

Morphology

cross-modal = modal (semi-transparent) = cross + cross + cross + modal + modal

Morphologically regular combination (cross- 'across/between' + modal 'relating to mode'), but 'modal' and the technical sense 'sensory modalities' are somewhat specialized, so an average B1 learner may not infer the exact technical meaning.

Etymology

Cross-modal joins cross ('across') and modal, from mode ('way' or 'method'). So cross-modal is like going 'across ways' of sensing, for example when the brain links sight and hearing, which is why it describes interaction between different senses.