title: Perceptual dominance during binocular rivalry is prolonged by a dynamic surround.
abstract: We examined whether dynamic stimulation that surrounds a rival target influences perceptual alternations during binocular rivalry. We presented a rival target surrounded by dynamic random-dot patterns to both eyes, and measured dominance durations for each eye's rival target. We found that rival target dominance durations were longer when surrounds were dynamic than when they were static or absent. Additionally, prolonged dominance durations were more apparent when the dynamic surround was alternately presented between the two eyes than when it was presented simultaneously to both eyes. These results indicate that dynamic stimulation that surrounds a rival target plays a role in maintaining the current perceptual state, and causes less perceptual alternations during binocular rivalry. Our findings suggest that dynamic signals on the retina may suppress rivalry, and thus provide useful information for stabilizing perceptions in daily life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Early Childhood Education, Nagoya Ryujo Junior College, 2-54 Meigetsucho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-0034, Japan. Electronic address: takase@ryujo.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takase
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yukumatsu
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bingushi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003867:Depth Perception / Q000502:physiology; D023882:Dominance, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D015348:Vision, Binocular / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Binocular rivalry; Dynamic surround; Perceptual dominance