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 intoa single percept. When dissimilar images are presented to the two eyes, however, perceptual integration givesway to alternation between monocular inputs, a phenomenon called binocular rivalry. Although recent evidence indicates that binocular rivalry involves a modulation ofneuronal responses in extrastriate cortex, the basic mechanisms responsible for differential processing of con:6.icting