Abstract
Previous research suggests binocular rivalry disrupts extrastriate, but not striate processes, although the locus along the visual pathway at which such disruption first occurs is uncertain. It has been argued that subjective contours arise via a two-stage process in which end-stopped cells feed into orientation-sensitive neurones in V2, and that orientation aftereffects induced with subjective contours are the product of mechanisms similar to those giving rise to real contour aftereffects. If binocular rivalry disrupts the acquisition of subjective contour aftereffects, then it follows from this model that rivalry disrupts processing in V2. Experiments reported here confirm this and provide evidence which suggests binocular rivalry arises through interactions between binocular neurones, rather than via some type of specialized binocular rivalry mechanism.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 823-830 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Visual Neuroscience |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 1994 |
Keywords
- Aftereffect
- Area V2
- Binocular rivalry
- End-stopped cell
- Extrastriate cortex