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retinal rivalry
retinal rivalry n (Psychology) psychol another name for binocular rivalry EncyclopediaSeeRivalryretinal rivalry
rivalry (ri'val-re) Competition between two or more individuals, groups, or systems seeking to attain the same goal.binocular rivalryThe continuous alternation in the conscious perception of visual stimuli to the two eyes.gender rivalryCompetition between the sexes for status and compensation, esp. in business, politics, and sports.perceptual rivalryThe conflicting perception of ambiguous sensory data, e.g., of light and dark interlocking images. The viewer sees first the light and then the dark parts of the image as dominant. retinal rivalryBinocular rivalry.sibling rivalryThe competition between children for attention and affection from others, esp. their parents.retinal rivalry When the two eyes are simultaneously or successively stimulated on corresponding retinal areas by dissimilar images (e.g. a green source to one eye and a red to the other, or lines orientated in one direction to one eye and in the other direction to the other), there results either an alternation of perception (complete or partial) or even a constant dominance of one eye. (Fig. R11) Syn. binocular rivalry. See Cheshire cat effect; suppression." >Fig. R11 Retinal rivalry. Target A is seen by one eye. Target B is seen by the other eyeThesaurusSeerivalry |