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Binocular rivalry was investigated using gratings of different orientations in three experiments. No consistent effects of orientation were found for predominance measures of rivalry between real images. Rivalrous afterimages, on the other hand, did exhibit orientation selectivity: vertical gratings were visible for longer than were 45-deg gratings. This effect was compared to the similar orientation selectivity found for monocular observation of grating afterimages. Comparisons of binocular rivalry between real images and afterimages were made in terms of the frequency distributions of the dominance periods.
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Wade, N.J. The effect of orientation in binocular contour rivalry of real images and afterimages. Perception & Psychophysics 15, 227–232 (1974). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03213937
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