An alternative view of perceptual rivalry.
The mechanism by which one or the other view of an ambiguous figure - such as the Necker cube - gains dominance has been unclear. Recent evidence suggests that the right frontoparietal cortex is responsible for the selection process, and that each cortical hemisphere represents one of the two rivalling percepts.
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Cardiff School of Biosciences, UK. SengpielF@cf.ac.uk
D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000502:physiology; D015348:Vision, Binocular / Q000502:physiology; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*