When contexts collide: Spatial context prevails over temporal context in binocular rivalry.

ABSTRACT: Studying binocular rivalry lets us gain a glimpse into how our visual representation is constructed. It is well-known that what is presented around (spatial) and before (temporal) the rivaling stimuli influences what you perceive. How these spatial and temporal factors interact is, however, unknown. In two experiments, we investigate the influence of the spatial surround and flash suppression (as an example of a temporal effect) on binocular rivalry when they occur concurrently. We used gratings of opposing orientation as rivalry probes and varied the strength of the spatial surround by modulating its contrast and the strength of the flash suppression by modulating either the blank duration (Experiment 1; n =17) or the probe duration (Experiment 2; n = 17). We measured both the dominant pe

SUBMITTER: Beckmann L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12448142 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature