Human Early Visual Cortex Subconsciously Resolves Invisible Conflicts (IMAGE)

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Human Early Visual Cortex Subconsciously Resolves Invisible Conflicts

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When the two eyes of the observer are presented with fast flickering chromatic gratings in orthogonal orientations, his conscious perception stays constant as a uniform yellow disc, while the early visual area resolves the invisible conflict through binocular rivalry.

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