Binocular rivalry occurs when conflicting stimuli are presented to the two eyes, which leads to continuous switches of perception from one stimulus to the other. Rivalry presents an opportunity to study perceptual awareness (Blake & Logothetis,
2002; Crick,
1996; Crick & Koch,
1998; Giles, Lau, & Odegaard,
2016). There is substantial evidence that conscious perception of a stimulus—and the suppression of the other—is a culmination of a chain of hierarchical decisions by the perceptual system (Blake & Logothetis,
2002; Logothetis, Leopold, & Sheinberg,
1996). The basis for such perceptual decisions has been psychophysically evaluated by considering binocular rivalry in conjunction with visual features, such as spatial frequency (Blake & Fox,
1974; Nguyen, Freeman, & Wenderoth,
2001; O'Shea & Crassini,
1981; Stuit, Cass, Paffen, & Alais,
2009; Walker & Powell,
1979), color (Carlson & He,
2000; Fox & Check,
1968; Hong & Blake,
2009; Kovács, Papathomas, Yang, & Fehér,
1996; Livingstone & Hubel,
1987; Nguyen et al.,
2001; Ooi & Loop,
1994; O'Shea & Williams,
1996; Smith, Levi, Harwerth, & White,
1982), and size (Blake, Yu, Lokey, & Norman,
1998; Blake, Zimba, & Williams,
1985). Binocular rivalry of moving stimuli was also investigated (Blake et al.,
1998). Dominance in binocular rivalry was shown to depend on velocity with a moving stimulus typically dominating over a static stimulus (Blake et al.,
1998; Blake et al.,
1985; Breese,
1899; Wade, Weert, & Swanston,
1984; Wiesenfelder & Blake,
1990). This affinity toward dynamic stimuli was utilized by interocular suppression techniques, such as continuous flash suppression (Tsuchiya & Koch,
2005). Flashing stimuli presented to one eye effectively mask a target stimulus presented to the other eye for long durations (Stein, Hebart, & Sterzer,
2011; Yang, Brascamp, Kang, & Blake,
2014). With the popularity of such interocular dynamic suppression methods, it is important to establish the mechanisms of dominance and suppression of motion. In addition, examining binocular rivalry in conjunction with motion perception may elucidate the neural mechanisms involved in both processes.