Abstract
Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the visual detection mechanism of mirror symmetrical dot patterns drawn on a 3‐D bumpy surface (i.e., 3‐D noisy curved surface). The focus of this investigation was whether symmetry detection on the bumpy surface is associated with structure recovery of the surface. In Experiment 1, we confirmed that the human visual system can distinguish the bumpy surface from a distorted dot pattern on a transparent bumpy surface. In Experiment 2, we required participants to discriminate between a symmetrical pattern on a transparent (non‐visible) bumpy surface and an opaque (visible) bumpy surface for the same stimuli as in Experiment 1. Finally, in Experiment 3, we examined the effect of pre‐presentation of the opaque bumpy surface on pattern discrimination. The results showed that pre‐presentation of the opaque surface facilitated the detection of a diagonal symmetry, but not in the case of the detection of a cardinal symmetry. These results suggested that diagonal symmetry involves the process of surface recovery, whereas cardinal symmetry does not.
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