Binocular Rivalry: The Brain’s Visual Tug-of-War

Binocular Rivalry: The Brain’s Visual Tug-of-War

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Episode 8
01:582025-06-02
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Dive into binocular rivalry, the perceptual phenomenon where your vision alternates between two different images presented to each eye. Discover what this visual tug-of-war reveals about the brain's active role in processing and consciousness.

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binocular rivalry
visual perception
neural competition
consciousness
binocular vision
ambiguous stimuli
suppression

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