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Caveat Emptor: The Meaning of Perception and Integration in Speech Perception
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Caveat Emptor: The Meaning of Perception and Integration in Speech Perception

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A recent letter^1^ claimed integration of auditory and tactile information in speech perception. Although I have been an advocate of multisensory integration, neither perception nor integration was sufficiently formalized, operationalized, and tested to support this claim.

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Massaro, D. Caveat Emptor: The Meaning of Perception and Integration in Speech Perception. Nat Prec (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2009.4016.1

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