What Type of Awareness Does Binocular Rivalry Assess?
Nathan Giles, Hakwan Lau, Brian Odegaard
Trends in Cognitive Sciences October 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2016.08.010 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Commentary Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Awareness Binocular rivalry Blindsight Consciousness |
| Key points | Argues that binocular rivalry may be caused by differences in perceptual signal strength rather than conscious selection processes, and proposes that consciousness research must distinguish between two types of visual awareness when interpreting rivalry. |
Abstract
Recent experiments demonstrate that invisible stimulus features can induce binocular rivalry, indicating the phenomenon may be caused by differences in perceptual signal strength rather than conscious selection processes. Here, we clarify binocular rivalry's role in consciousness research by highlighting a critical difference between two distinct types of visual awareness.
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