Spontaneous Ocular Scanning of Visual Symmetry Is Similar During Classification and Evaluation Tasks

Makin, Alexis ORCID: 0000-0002-4490-7400, Poliakoff, Ellen, Rampone, Guilia ORCID: 0000-0002-2710-688X and Bertamini, Marco ORCID: 0000-0001-8617-6864 (2020) Spontaneous Ocular Scanning of Visual Symmetry Is Similar During Classification and Evaluation Tasks. i-Perception, 11 (5). 2041669520946356-.

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Abstract

Visual symmetry perception and symmetry preference have been studied extensively. However, less is known about how people spontaneously scan symmetrical stimuli with their eyes. We thus examined spontaneous saccadic eye movements when participants (N = 20) observed patterns with horizontal or vertical mirror reflection. We found that participants tend to make saccades along the axis of reflection and that this oculomotor behaviour was similar during objective classification and subjective evaluation tasks. The axis-scanning behaviour generates a dynamic sequence of novel symmetrical images from a single static stimulus. This could aid symmetry perception and evaluation by enhancing the neural response to symmetry.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Aesthetics, Reflection, Symmetry, Saccades, Eye movements
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	02 Feb 2021 08:17
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 23:01
DOI:	10.1177/2041669520946356
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3115063