Effects of Spike Timing Underlying Binocular Integration and Rivalry in a Neural Model of Early Visual Cortex

In normal vision, the inputs from the two eyes are integrated into a single percept. When dissimilar images are presented to the two eyes, however, perceptual integration gives way to alternation between monocular inputs, a phenomenon called binocular rivalry. Although recent evidence indicates that binocular rivalry involves a modulation of neuronal responses in extrastriate cortex, the basic mechanisms responsible for differential processing of con:6.icting