Interpreting the Temporal Dynamics of Perceptual Rivalries. (November 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gallagher, Regan M; Arnold, Derek H
• Is Part Of: Perception. Volume 43:Number 11(2014)
• Page Start: 1239
• Page End: 1248
• Publication Date: 2014-11
• Subjects: multistable perception -- binocular rivalry -- motion-induced blindness; Perception -- Periodicals; Perception -- Periodicals; Perception; Periodicals; 153.705
• DOI: 10.1068/p7648
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0301-0066

Abstract

Diverse forms of perceptual rivalry are claimed to tap a common causal mechanism. One of the bases for this claim is that the reported dynamics of binocular rivalry and motion-induced blindness are similar on an individual basis (Carter & Pettigrew, 2003 Perception, 32, 295–305). We examined this relationship and found no evidence for a strong correlation. We therefore question the proposition that the dynamics of diverse forms of rivalry are driven by a common mechanism.