A direct comparison of unconscious face processing under masking and interocular suppression.

ABSTRACT: Different combinations of forward and backward masking as well as interocular suppression have been used extensively to render stimuli invisible and to study those aspects of visual stimuli that are processed in the absence of conscious experience. Although the two techniques-masking vs. interocular suppression-obviously differ both in their applications and mechanisms, only little effort has been made to compare them systematically. Yet, such a comparison is crucial: existing discrepancies in the extent of unconscious processing inferred from these two techniques must be reconciled, as our understanding of unconscious vision should be independent of the technique used to prevent visibility. Here, we studied similarities and differences between faces rendered invisible by masking vs. inter

SUBMITTER: Izatt G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4083827 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature