Stochastic properties of binocular rivalry alternations

Abstract

The extent to which binocular rivalry phases are sequentially related was assessed by the ν statistic and by autocorrelation. Both measures indicate that the duration of successive phases are independent. The frequency distributions of suppression phases and of nonsuppression phases can be fitted by gamma distributions. These results are consistent with models of the rivalry process that incorporate independence assumptions. © 1967 Psychonomic Society, Inc.