Binocular Rivalry Alternation Rate Declines with Age

Ukai, Kazuhiko; Ando, Haruna; Kuze, Junko

doi:10.2466/pms.2003.97.2.393

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“…The result of this study was that the frequency of oscillation decreased with age in a regular manner, and a total lack of change became prevalent in the oldest age classes. The results of a more recent study are in line with these findings (Ukai et al, 2003), in which the alternation rates in three age-groups were compared: 20-34, 35-49, and 50-64-year-old subjects were investigated. They obtained similar results to that of Jalavisto (1964): a prolongation in alternation time as a function of age was found, which is also in line with the developmental studies reviewed so far.…”

Section: Development Of Binocular Visionsupporting

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Phenomenal Qualities and the Development of Perceptual Integration

Hudák

Jakab

Kovács

2013

Handbook of Experimental Phenomenology

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In this chapter, data concerning the development of principal aspects of vision is reviewed. First, the development of colour vision and luminance perception is discussed. Relevant data accumulated so far indicates that perception of colour and luminance is present by 6-9 months of age. The presence of typical color illusions at this age suggests that the phenomenal character of color experience is comparable to that of adults well before the first birthday. Thus it seems plausible that color perception develops on the grounds of genetically preprogrammed maturation, in which perceptual learning and plasticity play a limited role. This claim also seems to be supported by case studies of newly sighted patients. On the other hand, perceptual integration of edges and forms in the visual environment as well as the development of binocular vision, and the perception of ambiguous figures seem to depend crucially on early perceptual learning. Both developmental and clinical data indicate a more significant involvement of perceptual learning in such mid-level and higher level perceptual phenomena.

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Section: Development Of Binocular Visionsupporting

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“…Some data has also been collected concerning the changes in binocular rivalry during adulthood (Jalavisto, 1964;Ukai et al 2003). The main finding of these studies is that domination times became longer with age.…”

Section: Development Of Binocular Visionmentioning

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Phenomenal Qualities and the Development of Perceptual Integration

Hudák

Jakab

Kovács

2013

Handbook of Experimental Phenomenology

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“…They found that the magnitude of binocular rivalry suppression was significantly larger for older than younger individuals, meaning that one percept dominated for a longer period of time. In another binocular rivalry study, Ukai and colleagues (2003) found significant differences in mean binocular rivalry alternation time between younger (20’s), middle-aged (40’s) and older adults (60’s) asked to passively observe the stimuli. The alternation time for the younger adults (2.7 seconds) was significantly faster (that is, shorter dominance duration) than that of the other groups (3.6 seconds for middle-aged adults and 4.29 seconds for older adults).…”

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“…Holt and Matson (1976) also reported a significantly lower number of reversals in older adults (>65 years old) than in groups ranging in age from 10 to 55, with the highest number of reversals attained by the participants aged 25–45. More recent studies have reported aging effects in bistable perception by using binocular rivalry under passive viewing conditions (Norman, Norman, Pattison, Taylor and Goforth, 2007; Ukai, Ando, and Kuze, 2003). Binocular rivalry occurs when two dissimilar images are presented simultaneously, one to each eye.…”

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Bistable perception in normal aging: perceptual reversibility and its relation to cognition

Díaz-Santos

Mauro

Cao

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Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

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The effects of age on the ability to resolve perceptual ambiguity are unknown, though it depends on fronto-parietal attentional networks known to change with age. We presented the bistable Necker cube to 24 middle-aged and older adults (OA; 56–78 years) and 20 younger adults (YA; 18–24 years) under passive-viewing and volitional control conditions: Hold one cube percept and Switch between cube percepts. During passive viewing, OA had longer dominance durations (time spent on each percept) than YA. In the Hold condition, OA were less able than YA to increase dominance durations. In the Switch condition, OA and YA did not differ in performance. Dominance durations in either condition correlated with performance on tests of executive function mediated by the frontal lobes. Eye movements (fixation deviations) did not differ between groups. These results suggest that OA’s reduced ability to hold a percept may arise from reduced selective attention. The lack of correlation of performance between Hold and executive-function measures suggests at least a partial segregation of underlying mechanisms.

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“…Such factors contribute to the signal strength of a presented stimulus or its 'stimulus strength' , which can affect the relative perceptual dominance and alternation rate of the dichoptic images (Howard & Rogers, 2012). Intrinsic human factors that have been shown to be associated with BR include visual acuity (Fahle, 1982), stereoscopic acuity (Enoksson, 1964;Halpern et al, 1987), age (Bannerman et al, 2011;Jalavisto, 1964;Norman et al, 2007;Ukai et al, 2003), voluntary attentional control, and neurochemical state (Bressler et al, 2013;Lack, 1978;van Loon et al, 2013).…”

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Dichoptic Viewing Methods for Binocular Rivalry Research: Prospects for Large-Scale Clinical and Genetic Studies

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Binocular rivalry (BR) is an intriguing phenomenon that occurs when two different images are presented, one to each eye, resulting in alternation or rivalry between the percepts. The phenomenon has been studied for nearly 200 years, with renewed and intensive investigation over recent decades. The rate of perceptual switching has long been known to vary widely between individuals but to be relatively stable within individuals. A recent twin study demonstrated that individual variation in BR rate is under substantial genetic control, a finding that also represented the first report, using a large study, of genetic contribution for any post-retinal visual processing phenomenon. The twin study had been prompted by earlier work showing BR rate was slow in the heritable psychiatric condition, bipolar disorder (BD). Together, these studies suggested that slow BR may represent an endophenotype for BD, and heralded the advent of modern clinical and genetic studies of rivalry. This new focus has coincided with rapid advances in 3D display technology, but despite such progress, specific development of technology for rivalry research has been lacking. This review therefore compares different display methods for BR research across several factors, including viewing parameters, image quality, equipment cost, compatibility with other investigative methods, subject group, and sample size, with a focus on requirements specific to large-scale clinical and genetic studies. It is intended to be a resource for investigators new to BR research, such as clinicians and geneticists, and to stimulate the development of 3D display technology for advancing interdisciplinary studies of rivalry.

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Binocular Rivalry Alternation Rate Declines with Age

Cited by 41 publications

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Phenomenal Qualities and the Development of Perceptual Integration

Phenomenal Qualities and the Development of Perceptual Integration

Bistable perception in normal aging: perceptual reversibility and its relation to cognition

Dichoptic Viewing Methods for Binocular Rivalry Research: Prospects for Large-Scale Clinical and Genetic Studies

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