You See What You Avoid: Fear of Spiders and Avoidance are Associated with Predominance of Spiders in Binocular Rivalry

2021 ◽  
pp. 102513
Author(s):  
Ulrich W.D. Müller ◽  
Antje B.M. Gerdes ◽  
Georg W. Alpers
Keyword(s):  
Binocular Rivalry

No impact of affective person knowledge on visual awareness: Evidence from binocular rivalry and continuous flash suppression.

Emotion ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 1199-1207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timo Stein ◽  
Caitlyn Grubb ◽  
Maria Bertrand ◽  
Seh Min Suh ◽  
Sara C. Verosky
Keyword(s):  
Binocular Rivalry ◽  
Visual Awareness ◽  
Continuous Flash Suppression

Stochastic stability of a neural model for binocular rivalry

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 739-742
Author(s):  
Tetsuya Shimokawa ◽  
Kenji Leibnitz ◽  
Ferdinand Peper
Keyword(s):  
Binocular Rivalry ◽  
Stochastic Stability ◽  
Neural Model

scholarly journals Tagged MEG measures binocular rivalry in a cortical network that predicts alternation rate

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. e0218529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Bock ◽  
Jeremy D. Fesi ◽  
Sylvain Baillet ◽  
Janine D. Mendola
Keyword(s):  
Binocular Rivalry ◽  
Cortical Network ◽  
Alternation Rate

scholarly journals Conscious perception and perceptual echoes: a binocular rivalry study

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Canhuang Luo ◽  
Rufin VanRullen ◽  
Andrea Alamia
Keyword(s):  
Binocular Rivalry ◽  
Visual Information ◽  
Visual Stimulation ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Travelling Wave ◽  
Alpha Power ◽  
Conscious Perception ◽  
Impulse Response Functions ◽  
Band Frequency ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

Abstract Alpha rhythms (∼10Hz) in the human brain are classically associated with idling activities, being predominantly observed during quiet restfulness with closed eyes. However, recent studies demonstrated that alpha (∼10Hz) rhythms can directly relate to visual stimulation, resulting in oscillations, which can last for as long as one second. This alpha reverberation, dubbed perceptual echoes (PE), suggests that the visual system actively samples and processes visual information within the alpha-band frequency. Although PE have been linked to various visual functions, their underlying mechanisms and functional role are not completely understood. In this study, we investigated the relationship between conscious perception and the generation and the amplitude of PE. Specifically, we displayed two coloured Gabor patches with different orientations on opposite sides of the screen, and using a set of dichoptic mirrors, we induced a binocular rivalry between the two stimuli. We asked participants to continuously report which one of two Gabor patches they consciously perceived, while recording their EEG signals. Importantly, the luminance of each patch fluctuated randomly over time, generating random sequences from which we estimated two impulse-response functions (IRFs) reflecting the PE generated by the perceived (dominant) and non-perceived (suppressed) stimulus, respectively. We found that the alpha power of the PE generated by the consciously perceived stimulus was comparable with that of the PE generated during monocular vision (control condition) and higher than the PE induced by the suppressed stimulus. Moreover, confirming previous findings, we found that all PEs propagated as a travelling wave from posterior to frontal brain regions, irrespective of conscious perception. All in all our results demonstrate a correlation between conscious perception and PE, suggesting that the synchronization of neural activity plays an important role in visual sampling and conscious perception.

Strength of Suppression in Binocular Rivalry Immediately after Onset and Offset of Suppressing Pattern

1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 515-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamotsu Sohmiya ◽  
Kazuko Sohmiya
Keyword(s):  
Human Brain ◽  
Binocular Rivalry ◽  
Light Stimulus ◽  
Physiological Data ◽  
Temporal Properties ◽  
Dichoptic Viewing

If the dichoptic viewing method is used to analyze functions of the human brain rather than binocular rivalry itself, temporal properties of suppression come up as an important problem. To clarify the properties, a method in which test and suppressing patterns can be presented on any temporal condition was devised. When the suppressing pattern was flickered, the strength of suppression immediately after the onset of the pattern approached a maximum at the intercycle interval of 3 sec. It also increased with the increasing duration of exposure and reached a maximum at about 100 msec. The strength of suppression immediately after the offset decreased rapidly but continuously as time went on. These results indicate that the on-effect is produced by the presentation of the suppressing pattern, not the off-effect by its removal, whereas physiological data generally show the strong effect both at “on” and “off” of a light stimulus.

scholarly journals Binocular rivalry.

1909 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 410-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. B. Breese
Keyword(s):  
Binocular Rivalry
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