Inattention Abolishes Binocular Rivalry: Perceptual Evidence

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1159-1167

  Brascamp, Jan W ^a,b   Blake, Randolph ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

attention; binocular rivalry; perception; visual attention; visual perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867645593     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612440100     Document Type: Article

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