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Binocular fusion may be due to interocular inhibitory suppression, an hypothesis difficult to evaluate by phenomenal inspection. A test probe method (reaction time to a light pulse) was used to measure visual sensitivity during binocular rivalry and fusion. The absence of inhibitory effects during fusion fai Is to support the suppression theory of fusion.
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This research was supported by grant MH0834 from the U. S. Public Health Service.
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Fox, R., Check, R. Binocular fusion: A test of the suppression theory. Perception & Psychophysics 1, 331–334 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03215798
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