binocular rivalry

British

noun

Also called: retinal rivalry. psychol the phenomenon whereby one is unable to see simultaneously different images presented one to each eye; usually in some areas of the eye the image presented to the left eye is seen, in others that presented to the right eye

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A popular one involves binocular rivalry: if different images are shown to a person’s left and right eye, their conscious perception flips between them.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 25, 2023

Might open people also be susceptible to such experiences, to have seemingly incompatible feelings break through into conscious experience, analogous to the two percepts in binocular rivalry?

From Scientific American • Aug. 15, 2017

In one recent study, we examined links between openness and a perpetual phenomenon called binocular rivalry.

From Scientific American • Aug. 15, 2017

Thus the same factors of advantage hold good in binocular rivalry as in native attention generally.

From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.

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