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¹School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK. d.h.baker@soton.ac.uk

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Area of Science:

Vision science
Perceptual psychology
Computational neuroscience

Background:

Binocular vision combines input from two eyes, influencing contrast perception.
Interocular suppression and binocular summation are key processes in binocular vision.
Understanding these processes is crucial for explaining visual perception at and above threshold.

Purpose of the Study:

To differentiate the roles of interocular suppression and binocular summation.
To investigate the phase-dependence of these binocular interactions.
To model contrast gain control in binocular vision.

Main Methods:

Used a two-alternative forced-choice (2IFC) contrast-masking paradigm.
Varied the relative phase between dichoptic mask and target gratings.
Applied a two-stage model of contrast gain control for analysis.

Main Results:

Interocular suppression was found to be largely phase-indifferent.
Binocular summation demonstrated phase sensitivity.
Interocular suppression consists of tuned and untuned components, while binocular summation is more narrowly tuned.

Conclusions:

Binocular summation is phase-sensitive, unlike interocular suppression.
A contrast gain control model accurately predicts observed masking effects.
The findings clarify the interplay between suppression and summation in binocular contrast perception.