Do rod signals control stimulus field prevalence in binocular rivalry?
We tested the hypothesis that rod signals mediate the effect of luminance on field prevalence in binocular rivalry. Results show that (1) field prevalence saturates at a luminance that is less than 0.001 that of the value reported for rod saturation, (2) the spectral sensitivity inferred from the prevalence-luminance relationship is not scotopic, and (3) the prevalence-luminance relationship does not behave univariantly under all chromatic conditions. We conclude that rod signals alone do not control field prevalence.
D000328:Adult; D003867:Depth Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D008297:Male; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D014787:Vision Tests / Q000379:methods; D014794:Visual Fields