On the use of continuous flash suppression for the study of visual processing outside of awareness
The interocular suppression technique termed continuous flash suppression (CFS) has become an immensely popular tool for investigating visual processing outside of awareness. The emerging picture from studies using CFS is that extensive processing of a visual stimulus, including its semantic and aff...
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| author | Eunice eYang Jan eBrascamp Min-Suk eKang Min-Suk eKang Randolph eBlake Randolph eBlake |
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| description | The interocular suppression technique termed continuous flash suppression (CFS) has become an immensely popular tool for investigating visual processing outside of awareness. The emerging picture from studies using CFS is that extensive processing of a visual stimulus, including its semantic and affective content, occurs despite suppression from awareness of that stimulus by CFS. However, the current implementation of CFS in many studies examining processing outside of awareness has several drawbacks that may be improved upon for future studies using CFS. In this paper, we address some of those shortcomings, particularly ones that affect the assessment of unawareness during CFS, and ones to do with the use of ‘visible’ conditions that are often included as a comparison to a CFS condition. We also discuss potential biases in stimulus processing as a result of spatial attention and feature-selective suppression. We suggest practical guidelines that minimize the effects of those limitations in using CFS to study visual processing outside of awareness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-454aff780da6432580ce3ceb0cb50ec22022-12-22T02:30:22ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782014-07-01510.3389/fpsyg.2014.0072491286On the use of continuous flash suppression for the study of visual processing outside of awarenessEunice eYang0Jan eBrascamp1Min-Suk eKang2Min-Suk eKang3Randolph eBlake4Randolph eBlake5University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of UtrechtSungkyunkwan UniversityInstitute for Basic ScienceVanderbilt UniversitySeoul National UniversityThe interocular suppression technique termed continuous flash suppression (CFS) has become an immensely popular tool for investigating visual processing outside of awareness. The emerging picture from studies using CFS is that extensive processing of a visual stimulus, including its semantic and affective content, occurs despite suppression from awareness of that stimulus by CFS. However, the current implementation of CFS in many studies examining processing outside of awareness has several drawbacks that may be improved upon for future studies using CFS. In this paper, we address some of those shortcomings, particularly ones that affect the assessment of unawareness during CFS, and ones to do with the use of ‘visible’ conditions that are often included as a comparison to a CFS condition. We also discuss potential biases in stimulus processing as a result of spatial attention and feature-selective suppression. We suggest practical guidelines that minimize the effects of those limitations in using CFS to study visual processing outside of awareness.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00724/fullBinocular RivalryVisual Processingcontinuous flash suppressioninterocular suppressionunconscious processing |
| spellingShingle | Eunice eYang Jan eBrascamp Min-Suk eKang Min-Suk eKang Randolph eBlake Randolph eBlake On the use of continuous flash suppression for the study of visual processing outside of awareness Frontiers in Psychology Binocular Rivalry Visual Processing continuous flash suppression interocular suppression unconscious processing |
| title | On the use of continuous flash suppression for the study of visual processing outside of awareness |
| title_full | On the use of continuous flash suppression for the study of visual processing outside of awareness |
| title_fullStr | On the use of continuous flash suppression for the study of visual processing outside of awareness |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the use of continuous flash suppression for the study of visual processing outside of awareness |
| title_short | On the use of continuous flash suppression for the study of visual processing outside of awareness |
| title_sort | on the use of continuous flash suppression for the study of visual processing outside of awareness |
| topic | Binocular Rivalry Visual Processing continuous flash suppression interocular suppression unconscious processing |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00724/full |
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