Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

2021

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Hong, Sang Wook

Abstract

Interocular grouping during binocular rivalry occurs when two images concurrently presented to two eyes are combined as a coherent pattern as if perceptual experience follows Gestalt grouping principles. The present study investigated what determines rivalry dynamics (perceptual experience of monocular stimuli and interocular grouping) by examining individual differences. Specifically, the effect of eye-of-origin and pattern coherence on percepts during rivalry were individually assessed using pairs of stimuli that induce either monocularly-driven (monocular coherence condition) or interocularly-driven (interocular coherence condition) coherent percepts. We found that the degree of perceiving complete, coherent stimuli was consistent within individuals regardless of conditions, indicating that individual differences in experiencing interocular grouping were explained by pattern coherence, rather than eye-of-origin information. In addition, we found that individuals who experience binocularly presented pattern motion more perceived interocularly-coherent stimuli more. This result suggests that a potential common mechanism may mediate binocular integration of visual information during binocular rivalry.

Extent

57 p.

Comments

Includes bibliography.|Thesis (MA)--Florida Atlantic University, 2021.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.

Identifier

FA00013815

Format

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