How does binocular rivalry demonstrate the top-down processing of perception?
What will be an ideal response?
With binocular rivalry, a person is shown a separate image in each eye. If the person uses 3D glasses with a blue filter, he or she sees only the blue image. If the person uses 3D glasses with a red filter, he or she sees only the red image. When someone uses both filters, one over each eye, each eye receives a separate image. When each eye is seeing a completely different image, rather than creating a double image of the world, it systematically inhibits one perception or the other. The person completely inhibits what he or she views as the less important image. This shows top-down processing or the human tendency to see the more "important" image and ignore the less important one.
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