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Is binocular rivalry a perceptual phenomenon?| old_uid | 16780 |
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| title | Is binocular rivalry a perceptual phenomenon? |
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| start_date | 2018/11/29 |
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| schedule | 16h-18h |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | Institut Jean-Nicod |
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| details | with Katsunori Miyahara, Satoshi Nishida, and Hiroaki Hamada. |
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| summary | Binocular rivalry (BR) is widely used in modern neuroscience to explore the neural correlates of perceptual consciousness. However, few studies have addressed the subjective features of the experience (BR-experience). This study investigates the subjective features of BR-experience by using qualitative and quantitative methods. In particular, it critically examines the common assumption in consciousness research that binocular rivalry is a perceptual phenomenon. The qualitative method consists of a combination of three phenomenological approaches to conscious experience : front-loading phenomenology, phenomenological interview, and the phenomenological method in qualitative psychology. The quantitative method consists of a statistical analysis of participant responses to a questionnaire designed to explore subjective features of BR-experience. Overall, the results spoke against the perceptual nature of binocular rivalry. In particular, it was strongly suggested that BR-experience are radically different from ordinary perception in exhibiting distinctive features, such as those we call temporal indeterminacy, diachronic spatial indeterminacy and attentional contingency. We conclude by discussing the implications of these results for the usefulness of binocular rivalry for neuroscience of consciousness. |
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| responsibles | Kriegel |
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