Factors Affecting the Perception of 3D Facial Symmetry from 2D Projections
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Symmetry Detection Versus Symmetry Preference
1.2. Inversion Effects on Symmetry
1.3. Three-Dimenional Symmetry in 2D Projections
2. Experiment 1
2.1. Method
2.1.1. Participants
2.1.2. Stimuli
2.1.3. Procedure
2.1.4. Design
2.2. Results
2.3. Discussion
3. Experiment 2
3.1. Method
3.1.1. Participants
3.1.2. Stimuli
3.1.3. Procedure
3.1.4. Design
3.2. Results
3.3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Conflicts of Interest
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