Dynamics of perceptual filling-in of visual phantoms revealed by binocular rivalry

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Meng, Ming ^a,c   Ferneyhough, Emma ^b   Tong, Frank ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Perceptual completion; Psychophysics; Visual awareness; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME; VISION;

ADULT; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TIME FACTORS; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 35648944155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.13.8     Document Type: Article

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