The future of binocular rivalry research
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P. Christiaan Klink
Abstract
Binocular rivalry is often considered an experimental window on the neural processes of consciousness. We propose three distinct approaches to exploit this window. First, one may look through the window, using binocular rivalry as a passive tool to dissociate unaltered sensory input from wavering perceptual output. Second, the mechanisms underlying binocular rivalry may yield detailed knowledge of the neuronal underpinnings of binocular vision and increase the value of rivalry as a tool to study consciousness. Finally, smart experimental manipulations allow experimenters to ‘reach through the window’ and interact with mechanisms of conscious visual perception. Within this distinction, we discuss the major open questions in binocular rivalry research and examine how recent technological developments may be incorporated in future studies
Abstract
Binocular rivalry is often considered an experimental window on the neural processes of consciousness. We propose three distinct approaches to exploit this window. First, one may look through the window, using binocular rivalry as a passive tool to dissociate unaltered sensory input from wavering perceptual output. Second, the mechanisms underlying binocular rivalry may yield detailed knowledge of the neuronal underpinnings of binocular vision and increase the value of rivalry as a tool to study consciousness. Finally, smart experimental manipulations allow experimenters to ‘reach through the window’ and interact with mechanisms of conscious visual perception. Within this distinction, we discuss the major open questions in binocular rivalry research and examine how recent technological developments may be incorporated in future studies
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Visual consciousness and binocular rivalry 1
- Constituents, organization and processes of the human brain 15
- Overview of visual system structure and function 37
- Early views on binocular rivalry 77
- Psychophysics of binocular rivalry 109
- Investigating the structure and function of the brain 141
- The neuron doctrine of binocular rivalry 167
- Functional neuroimaging of binocular rivalry 187
- Binocular rivalry, brain stimulation and bipolar disorder 211
- High-level modulations of binocular rivalry 253
- Binocular rivalry 281
- The future of binocular rivalry research 305
- Index 333
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Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Visual consciousness and binocular rivalry 1
- Constituents, organization and processes of the human brain 15
- Overview of visual system structure and function 37
- Early views on binocular rivalry 77
- Psychophysics of binocular rivalry 109
- Investigating the structure and function of the brain 141
- The neuron doctrine of binocular rivalry 167
- Functional neuroimaging of binocular rivalry 187
- Binocular rivalry, brain stimulation and bipolar disorder 211
- High-level modulations of binocular rivalry 253
- Binocular rivalry 281
- The future of binocular rivalry research 305
- Index 333
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The stereoscopic viewer mentioned in this volume can be bought at http://www.3dstereo.com/viewmaster/svn-tmp.html
