Binocular switch suppression: A new method for persistently rendering the visible 'invisible'

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 994-1001

  Arnold, Derek H ^a   Law, Phillip ^a   Wallis, Thomas S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Binocular suppression; Implicit perception; Visual awareness

Indexed keywords

AFTERIMAGE; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR SWITCH SUPPRESSION; BINOCULAR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; VISIBILITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AWARENESS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 41049104519     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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