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Binocular rivalry in split-brain observers.

Robert P O'Shea·Paul M Corballis
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During binocular rivalry, visual perception switches between a stimulus viewed by one eye and a different stimulus viewed by the other. We studied rivalry in split-brain observers to test two explanations. Rivalry could reflect switching of activity between the cerebral hemispheres, or switching by a structure in the right frontoparietal cortex. From these two theories, we predict no rivalry when stimuli are presented to a split-brain observer's left hemisphere. Yet we found similar rivalry from the left and right hemispheres of the split-brain observers, consistent with switchings being mediated by low-level processes within each hemisphere.

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ConsciousnessCorpus CallosumEpilepsyFemaleFunctional LateralityHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeural PathwaysVision DisparityVision, BinocularVisual PerceptionJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Robert P O'Shea, Paul M Corballis. 2003-10-29. Binocular rivalry in split-brain observers.. https://doi.org/10.1167/3.10.3

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