Baker, Daniel Hart orcid.org/0000-0002-0161-443X and Cass, John (2013) A dissociation of performance and awareness during binocular rivalry. Psychological Science. pp. 2563-2568. ISSN 1467-9280
Abstract
When conflicting stimuli are presented to equivalent locations in each eye, people experience binocular rivalry, a phenomenon characterized by alternations in conscious awareness of each eye’s image. Attempts at objective measurement using monocular probe-detection methods show that sensitivity to probe stimuli is reduced during periods when those stimuli are reportedly suppressed. But are observers really able to detect stimuli that are perceptually invisible, or does the probe presentation itself reverse rivalry dominance between the two eyes? Here, we measured both judgment accuracy and confidence in those judgments across multiple probe contrast levels, and we found evidence for high accuracy with reduced awareness during suppression that was not due to probe-induced switches in rivalry dominance. This dissociation points to the existence of blindsight-like behavior in normal observers.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2013, The authors. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Psychological Science. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | binocular rivalry,visual awareness,suppression,visual perception,consciousness |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 28 Mar 2014 14:00 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 12:21 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797613496824 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0956797613496824 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:77199 |