Visual perception: ambiguity involving parietal cortex.
Our brain is constantly interpreting ambiguous sensory input to deliver a stable perceptual representation of the environment. Two new studies suggest that superior parietal cortex plays a causal role in resolving perceptual ambiguity. Ironically, their results are somewhat ambiguous as to what that role might be.
Clifford
Colin W G
CW
University of Sydney, NSW, Australia. colin.clifford@usyd.edu.au
D006801:Humans; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*