A search asymmetry for interocular conflict

When two different images are presented to the two eyes, the percept will alternate between the images (a phenomenon called binocular rivalry). In the present study, we investigate the degree to which such interocular conflict is conspicuous. By using a visual search task, we show that search for interocular conflict is near efficient (15 ms/item) and can lead to a search asymmetry, depending on the contrast in the display. We reconcile our findings with those of Wolfe and Franzel (1988), who reported inefficient search for interocular conflict (26 ms/item) and found no evidence for a search asymmetry. In addition, we provide evidence for the suggestion that differences in search for interocular conflict are contingent on the degree of abnormal fusion of the dissimilar images.

• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Attention, perception & psychophysics

• Publication date

  2011-02-19

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3758/s13414-011-0100-3PMID 21336519PMCID 3089734
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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