Binocular rivalry between identical retinal stimuli with an induced color difference

2008 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
SANG WOOK HONG ◽  
STEVEN K. SHEVELL
Keyword(s):  
Binocular Rivalry ◽  
Binocular Disparity ◽  
Color Difference ◽  
Color Appearance ◽  
Neural Representation ◽  
Stereoscopic Depth ◽  
Perceptual Alternation ◽  
Physically Identical ◽  
Open Question

An open question in color rivalry is whether alternation between two colors is caused by a difference in receptoral stimulation or a difference in the neural representation of color appearance. This question was examined with binocular rivalry between physically identical lights that differed in appearance due to chromatic induction. Perceptual alternation was measured between gratings of the same chromaticity; each one was presented within a different patterned surround that caused the gratings, one to each eye, to appear unequal in hue because of chromatic induction. The gratings were presented dichoptically with binocular disparity so the rivalrous gratings appeared in front of the surround. Perceptual alternation in hue was found for the two physically identical chromaticities. Stereoscopic depth also was perceived, corroborating binocular neural combination despite color rivalry (Treisman, 1962). The results show that color rivalry is resolved after color-appearance shifts caused by chromatic context, and that color rivalry does not require competing unequal cone excitations from the rivalrous stimuli.

scholarly journals Color-Binding Errors During Rivalrous Suppression of Form

2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 1084-1091 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang Wook Hong ◽  
Steven K. Shevell
Keyword(s):  
Binocular Rivalry ◽  
The Other ◽  
Physical Stimulus ◽  
Physical Stimulation ◽  
Eye Color ◽  
Neural Representations ◽  
Perceptual Alternation ◽  
Different Color ◽  
Binding Errors

How does a physical stimulus determine a conscious percept? Binocular rivalry provides useful insights into this question because constant physical stimulation during rivalry causes different visual experiences. For example, presentation of vertical stripes to one eye and horizontal stripes to the other eye results in a percept that alternates between horizontal and vertical stripes. Presentation of a different color to each eye (color rivalry) produces alternating percepts of the two colors or, in some cases, a color mixture. The experiments reported here reveal a novel and instructive resolution of rivalry for stimuli that differ in both form and color: perceptual alternation between the rivalrous forms (e.g., horizontal or vertical stripes), with both eyes' colors seen simultaneously in separate parts of the currently perceived form. Thus, the colors presented to the two eyes (a) maintain their distinct neural representations despite resolution of form rivalry and (b) can bind separately to distinct parts of the perceived form.

Color Difference Evaluation Based on Image Color Appearance Model

2012 ◽  
Vol 200 ◽  
pp. 637-640
Author(s):  
Jing Liang ◽  
Yong Bin Zhao ◽  
Hui Gao
Keyword(s):  
Calculation Method ◽  
Color Difference ◽  
Color Images ◽  
Color Appearance ◽  
Appearance Model ◽  
Difference Formula ◽  
Difference Calculation

The iCAM (image color appearance model) as the most advanced modern color appearance model is constantly being put into use. In color images industry, the evaluation of the color difference is significant. This article will focus on color difference formula of image color appearance model and analysis its reasonable color difference calculation method, which reflects the advantages of image color appearance model.

Stereoscopic depth and binocular rivalry

1967 ◽  
Vol 7 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 89-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth N. Ogle ◽  
Janice M. Wakefield
Keyword(s):  
Binocular Rivalry ◽  
Stereoscopic Depth

scholarly journals HIERARCHICAL SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF A CHAOTIC NEURAL NETWORK FOR MULTISTABLE BINOCULAR RIVALRY

2009 ◽  
Vol 05 (01) ◽  
pp. 123-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
YUTA KAKIMOTO ◽  
KAZUYUKI AIHARA
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Binocular Rivalry ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Visual Images ◽  
Chaotic Neural Network ◽  
Perceptual Alternation ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Special Case

Binocular rivalry is perceptual alternation that occurs when different visual images are presented to each eye. Despite the intensive studies, the mechanism of binocular rivalry still remains unclear. In multistable binocular rivalry, which is a special case of binocular rivalry, it is known that the perceptual alternation between paired patterns is more frequent than that between unpaired patterns. This result suggests that perceptual transition in binocular rivalry is not a simple random process, and the memories stored in the brain can play an important role in the perceptual transition. In this study, we propose a hierarchical chaotic neural network model for multistable binocular rivalry and show that our model reproduces some characteristic features observed in multistable binocular rivalry.

scholarly journals Right parietal brain activity precedes perceptual alternation during binocular rivalry

2010 ◽  
Vol 32 (9) ◽  
pp. 1432-1442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliane Britz ◽  
Michael A. Pitts ◽  
Christoph M. Michel
Keyword(s):  
Binocular Rivalry ◽  
Brain Activity ◽  
Perceptual Alternation

scholarly journals Distinct Contributions of the Magnocellular and Parvocellular Visual Streams to Perceptual Selection

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 246-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel N. Denison ◽  
Michael A. Silver
Keyword(s):  
Visual System ◽  
Binocular Rivalry ◽  
Visual Processing ◽  
Neural Substrates ◽  
Hierarchical Organization ◽  
Neural Basis ◽  
Multiple Stimulus ◽  
Perceptual Alternation ◽  
New Framework ◽  
Regular Alternation

During binocular rivalry, conflicting images presented to the two eyes compete for perceptual dominance, but the neural basis of this competition is disputed. In interocular switch rivalry, rival images periodically exchanged between the two eyes generate one of two types of perceptual alternation: (1) a fast, regular alternation between the images that is time-locked to the stimulus switches and has been proposed to arise from competition at lower levels of the visual processing hierarchy or (2) a slow, irregular alternation spanning multiple stimulus switches that has been associated with higher levels of the visual system. The existence of these two types of perceptual alternation has been influential in establishing the view that rivalry may be resolved at multiple hierarchical levels of the visual system. We varied the spatial, temporal, and luminance properties of interocular switch rivalry gratings and found, instead, an association between fast, regular perceptual alternations and processing by the magnocellular stream and between slow, irregular alternations and processing by the parvocellular stream. The magnocellular and parvocellular streams are two early visual pathways that are specialized for the processing of motion and form, respectively. These results provide a new framework for understanding the neural substrates of binocular rivalry that emphasizes the importance of parallel visual processing streams, and not only hierarchical organization, in the perceptual resolution of ambiguities in the visual environment.

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