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Eye-specific effects of binocular rivalry in the human lateral geniculate nucleus

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  • John-Dylan Haynes

    (Institute of Neurology, University College London
    University College London)

  • Ralf Deichmann

    (Institute of Neurology, University College London)

  • Geraint Rees

    (Institute of Neurology, University College London
    University College London)

Abstract

Seeing double When our eyes are presented with incompatible images, our conscious perception fluctuates spontaneously between each monocular view. The nature of the resulting ‘binocular rivalry’, and how the brain resolves it, is the subject of a long-standing debate that touches on fundamental aspects of human cognition such as attention and selection. Now a neural signature characteristic for binocular rivalry has been identified, at the very earliest stages of visual processing, in the human lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN). This region of the brain contains cells that respond only to stimulation of one or other eye, and the signals in the LGN closely reflect the perceptual dominance seen during binocular rivalry.

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  • John-Dylan Haynes & Ralf Deichmann & Geraint Rees, 2005. "Eye-specific effects of binocular rivalry in the human lateral geniculate nucleus," Nature, Nature, vol. 438(7067), pages 496-499, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:438:y:2005:i:7067:d:10.1038_nature04169
    DOI: 10.1038/nature04169
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