What is rivalling during binocular rivalry

摘要: When different images are presented to the two eyes, they compete for perceptual dominance, such that one image is visible while other suppressed. This binocular rivalry thought reflect competition between monocular neurons within primary visual cortex. However, whose activity correlates with perception during found mainly in higher cortical areas, and respond input from both eyes. Thus may involve alternative interpretations at a level of analysis. To investigate this, we tested effect rapidly alternating rival stimuli Under these conditions, alternations exhibit same temporal dynamics as static patterns, single phase dominance can span multiple stimuli. neural representations awareness independently eye through which reach areas. finding places general category multistable phenomena, ambiguous figures, provides new way study cause resolution ambiguities.