Apparent contrast peaks, rather than plateaus, as a function of stimulus duration

Two-flash thresholds as a function of comparison stimulus duration.

Continuous Flash Suppression: Stimulus Fractionation rather than Integration.

Recent studies using continuous flash suppression suggest that invisible stimuli are processed as integrated, semantic entities. We challenge the viability of this account, given recent findings on the neural basis of interocular suppression and replication failures of high-profile CFS studies. We conclude that CFS reveals stimulus fractionation in visual cortex.

Pursuing the perceptual rather than the retinal stimulus.

In the first experiment, subjects were able to successfully track a perceptually completed contour that was extrapolated from peripheral retinal information. In the second experiment, subjects successfully pursued an object that moved horizontally behind a narrow slit in such a way that the only visible stimuli were the edges of the object moving vertically in the slit. In the third experiment,...

Improved β-cell function rather than increased

β-cell dysfunction and decreased insulin sensitivity are believed to be two chief mechanisms that participate in deterioration of glycemic control in Type 2 diabetes. Meformin is widely accepted as the first-line oral agent in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes. However, the relative contributions of improved β-cell function and increased insulin sensitivity to reduction in hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)...

comparing replacement of metronidazole rather than prolongation of treatment duration in quadraple therapy for hp eradication

comparing replacement of metronidazole rather than prolongation of treatment duration in quadraple therapy for hp eradication