The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of two binocular visual fields upon the tendency to employ certain artributive terms. 62 Ss described their “subjective” impressions of a fused (Ganzfeld) and rivalry field along 30 bipolar rating dimensions, and 24 (80%) of the scales significantly differentiated the fields (p < .01). Thus, reversibility experiences, such as binocular rivalry and figure reversal, may be understood in terms of Osgood's semantic framework.
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