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Symmetry is a fundamental principle of broad concern from the physical sciences to art and design. Much of its significance derives from the perpetual appeal of symmetry to the human brain, as testified by its universal inclusion in those icons of decor - oriental rugs. This comprehensive collection offers a wide range of approaches to the study of how we see symmetries, from evolutionary through empirical to extended theoretical treatments. The book is a resource for those concerned with the methods and analytic approaches to this challenging topic. It soon becomes evident that symmetry perception is not a simple example of neural pattern processing, since the essence of symmetry is to transcend the patterns of which it is composed. Consequently, this volume contains many novel methods relevant to the analysis of the long-range processing of mid-level vision rather than early neural filtering. It provides both a historical backgrounds and an intellectual stimulant to fututre developments in this lapidary field of study.

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