In essence, multimodal research is a wrong definition in respect to human perception. It would be correct to refer to as modality-indipendent or modal-independent research/perception as human brain is processing information, which is classified as related to category of information and not to modality.
Moreover, information categories are not limited by physiological senses https://shannonchance.net/2019/01/28/the-many-senses-that-matter-in-transportation-design/