Perceptual ambiguity of bistable visual stimuli causes no or little increase in perceptual latency

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Takei, Shigekazu ^a,b   Nishida, Shin'ya ^a,b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Bistable stimulus; Latency; Reaction time; Rivalry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956408096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.4.23     Document Type: Article

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