A feature-based model of symmetry detection

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1525, 2003, Pages 1727-1733

  Scognamillo, Renata ^a,b   Rhodes, Gillian ^c   Morrone, Concetta ^b,d   Burr, David ^b,e  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Faces; Local energy; Symmetry; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

SYMMETRY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIRD; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FACE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSECT; MAMMAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RATING SCALE; SYMMETRY DETECTION; VISION;

AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0042378346     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2434     Document Type: Article

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