Domain Specificity in Human Symmetry Preferences: Symmetry is Most Pleasant When Looking at Human Faces
Visual symmetry has been found to be preferred to asymmetry in a variety of domains and across species. A number of theories propose to explain why symmetry is preferred. In this article, I compare a perceptual bias view, in which symmetry is preferred due to factors inherit to the visual system, an...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2014-04-01
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Series: | Symmetry |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/6/2/222 |