Breaking continuous flash suppression: Competing for consciousness on the pre-semantic battlefield

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Gayet, Surya ^a   Van Der Stigchel, Stefan ^a   Paffen, Chris L E ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Binocular rivalry; Consciousness; Continuous flash suppression; Interocular competition; Interocular suppression; Visual awareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904509327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00460     Document Type: Review

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