Intermittent ambiguous stimuli: Implicit memory causes periodic perceptual alternations

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Brascamp, Jan W ^a,b   Pearson, J ^b   Blake, Randolph ^b   van den Berg, A V ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguous images; Binocular rivalry; Binocular vision; Computational modeling; Memory; Perceptual organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MEMORY; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION;

HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 62149117976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.3.3     Document Type: Article

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