We investigated the effects of attention on dominance durations during binocular rivalry. In a series of three experiments, observers performed several tasks while viewing rival stimuli to ensure and control deployment of attention. We found that endogenous attention can prolong dominance durations of attended stimulus. We developed a novel single-task procedure where observer's responses in an...

The paper theoretically elaborates and empirically investigates the ‘‘competitive arousal” model of decision making, which argues that elements of the strategic environment (e.g., head-to-head rivalry and time pressure) can fuel competitive motivations and behavior. Study 1 measures real-time motivations of online auction bidders and finds that the ‘‘desire to win” (even when winning is costly ...

The confrontation between Paris and Moscow, which commenced at the end of last decade in Sahara-Sahel region, is largely a consequence weaknesses French foreign policy Russia strives to exploit its political economic benefit. hotspots this are Libya Mali, where Franco-Russian rivalry has led global securitization conflict (in both countries), transformation regional balance power Libya), aggrav...

When different images are presented to the two eyes, binocular rivalry can occur - that is, perceptual alternations between the two monocular images (bi-stability) or between more than two percepts comprised of complementary portions of the two images (multi-stability). A recent paper reports important findings about the dynamics of multi-stable alternations in binocular rivalry.

Most large-N research on recurrent conflict and rivalry has downplayed the role of domestic politics, either overlooking the domestic political context within states entirely or mentioning domestic politics only implicitly. This paper focuses explicitly on the domestic political actors and processes that may be relevant to processes of conflict recurrence, in order to develop a more domesticall...

This article investigates the phenomenon of interindividual rivalry and its consequences for motivation and task performance. Two studies of adults from the general population found that rivalry, as compared to nonrival competition, was associated with increased motivation and performance, controlling for tangible stakes, dislike, and other factors. Then, a large-scale archival study of long-di...

As monocular head-mounted displays (HMDs) are introduced into existing flight simulators for training and mission rehearsal it will be important to determine whether binocular rivalry affects the visibility of HMD presented symbology or the out-the-window (OTW) flight simulator display imagery. In the present study, we examined whether rivalry suppression could be objectively measured under con...

Contributions from 19th Century scholars to binocular rivalry research are well recognized, however, observations concerning the phenomenon commenced centuries earlier and suggest a rich seam of research that is much less well known. This chapter discusses these early investigations, along with conflicting views and observations thereafter. We also discuss the early application of notions of at...

Prolonged viewing of dichoptically presented images with different content results in perceptual alternations known as binocular rivalry. This phenomenon is thought to be the result of competition at a local level, where local rivalry zones interact to give rise to a single, global dominant percept. Certain perceived combinations that result from this local competition are known to last longer ...