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In binocular rivalry, perception typically alternates between each eye’s image, but percepts containing elements from both images are also possible. This study uses" patchwork" stimuli, in which each eye receives a complementary patchwork of two rivalrous images. Patchwork stimuli can evoke percepts with interocular grouping (complementary patches from each eye combine to give a coherent whole), and also percepts with filling-in (a feature that is physically present at one location perceptually" fills" neighboring locations), revealing a possible role for cognitive processes in rivalry (Kovács et al., 1996). The current study found that individual differences in working memory capacity (WMC) are related to the frequency and stability of perceived filling-in with rivalrous stimuli. WMC reflects the ability to maintain relevant representations while simultaneously inhibiting irrelevant representations. It is related to …