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Symmetry perception and affective responses: a combined EEG/EMG study

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  1. Review and Classification of Emotion Recognition Based on EEG Brain-Computer Interface System Research: A Systematic Review

    Abeer Al-Nafjan, Manar Hosny, Yousef Al-Ohali, Areej Al‐Wabil · 2017 · Applied Sciences

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  2. Context effects on emotional and aesthetic evaluations of artworks and IAPS pictures

    Gernot Gerger, Helmut Leder, Alexandra Kremer · 2014 · Acta Psychologica

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  3. Brain Activity in Response to Visual Symmetry

    Marco Bertamini, A. Makin, Letizia Palumbo, Giulia Rampone, D. Wright · 2014 · Symmetry

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  4. The neural basis of visual symmetry and its role in mid‐ and high‐level visual processing

    Marco Bertamini, Juha Silvanto, Anthony M. Norcia, Alexis D. J. Makin, Johan Wagemans · 2018 · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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  5. A proposal of the event-related potential method to effectively identify kansei words for assessing product design features in kansei engineering research

    Fu Guo, Qing‐Xing Qu, Mitsuo Nagamachi, Vincent G. Duffy · 2020 · International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

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  6. Distinguishing and quantifying the visual aesthetics of a product: An integrated approach of eye-tracking and EEG

    Fu Guo, Mingming Li, Mingcai Hu, Fengxiang Li, Bozhao Lin · 2019 · International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

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  7. An Electrophysiological Index of Perceptual Goodness

    Alexis D. J. Makin, Damien Wright, Giulia Rampone, Letizia Palumbo, Martin Guest, Rhiannon Sheehan, Helen Cleaver, Marco Bertamini · 2016 · Cerebral Cortex

    Cites data paper 81 citations

  8. Implicit Association of Symmetry with Positive Valence, High Arousal and Simplicity

    Marco Bertamini, Alexis D. J. Makin, Giulia Rampone · 2013 · i-Perception

    Cites data paper 73 citations

  9. Electrophysiological responses to visuospatial regularity

    Alexis D. J. Makin, Giulia Rampone, Anna Pecchinenda, Marco Bertamini · 2013 · Psychophysiology

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  10. Predicting perceived visual complexity of abstract patterns using computational measures: The influence of mirror symmetry on complexity perception

    Andreas Gartus, Helmut Leder · 2017 · PLoS ONE

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  11. The Pleasantness of Visual Symmetry: Always, Never or Sometimes

    Anna Pecchinenda, Marco Bertamini, Alexis D. J. Makin, Nicole Ruta · 2014 · PLoS ONE

    Cites data paper 57 citations

  12. Visual symmetry in objects and gaps

    Alexis D. J. Makin, Giulia Rampone, Andrew Wright, Jasna Martinović, Marco Bertamini · 2014 · Journal of Vision

    Cites data paper 54 citations

  13. Conditions for view invariance in the neural response to visual symmetry

    Alexis D. J. Makin, Giulia Rampone, Marco Bertamini · 2014 · Psychophysiology

    Cites data paper 53 citations

  14. Scaling of the extrastriate neural response to symmetry

    Letizia Palumbo, Marco Bertamini, Alexis D. J. Makin · 2015 · Vision Research

    Cites data paper 48 citations

  15. The aesthetic preference for symmetry dissociates from early-emerging attention to symmetry

    Yi Huang, Xiaodi Xue, Elizabeth S. Spelke, Lijie Huang, Wenwen Zheng, Kaiping Peng · 2018 · Scientific Reports

    Cites data paper 47 citations

  16. The neural basis of mirror symmetry detection: a review

    Zaira Cattaneo · 2016 · Journal of Cognitive Psychology

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  17. The Formation of Symmetrical Gestalts Is Task-Independent, but Can Be Enhanced by Active Regularity Discrimination

    Alexis D. J. Makin, Giulia Rampone, Amie Morris, Marco Bertamini · 2019 · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

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  18. The nature of perception and emotion in aesthetic appreciation: A response to Makin’s challenge to empirical aesthetics.

    Martin Skov, Marcos Nadal · 2019 · Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts

    Cites data paper 40 citations

  19. Electrophysiological responses to symmetry presented in the left or in the right visual hemifield

    Damien Wright, Alexis D. J. Makin, Marco Bertamini · 2016 · Cortex

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  20. Dynamics of perceptual decisions about symmetry in visual cortex

    Peter J. Kohler, Benoit R. Cottereau, Anthony M. Norcia · 2017 · NeuroImage

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  21. Representational Dynamics of Facial Viewpoint Encoding

    Tim C. Kietzmann, Anna L. Gert, Frank Tong, Peter König · 2016 · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

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  22. Right‐lateralized alpha desynchronization during regularity discrimination: Hemispheric specialization or directed spatial attention?

    Damien Wright, Alexis D. J. Makin, Marco Bertamini · 2014 · Psychophysiology

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  23. Differences in the Visual Perception of Symmetric Patterns in Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus abelii) and Two Human Cultural Groups: A Comparative Eye-Tracking Study

    Cordelia Mühlenbeck, Katja Liebal, Carla Pritsch, Thomas Jacobsen · 2016 · Frontiers in Psychology

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  24. Representation of symmetry in the extrastriate visual cortex from temporal integration of parts: An EEG/ERP study

    Giulia Rampone, Alexis D. J. Makin, K. Semir Tatlidil, Marco Bertamini · 2019 · NeuroImage

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  25. Symmetry perception for patterns defined by color and luminance

    Jasna Martinović, Ben J. Jennings, Alexis D. J. Makin, Marco Bertamini, Ilinca Angelescu · 2018 · Journal of Vision

    Cites data paper 29 citations

  26. Visual cortex activation predicts visual preference: Evidence from Britain and Egypt

    Alexis D. J. Makin, Mai Helmy, Marco Bertamini · 2017 · Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

    Cites data paper 28 citations

  27. Electrophysiological analysis of the affective congruence between pattern regularity and word valence

    Giulia Rampone, Alexis D. J. Makin, Marco Bertamini · 2014 · Neuropsychologia

    Cites data paper 26 citations

  28. Testing Whether and When Abstract Symmetric Patterns Produce Affective Responses

    Marco Bertamini, Alexis D. J. Makin, Anna Pecchinenda · 2013 · PLoS ONE

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  29. Lessons from a catalogue of 6674 brain recordings

    Alexis D. J. Makin, John Tyson‐Carr, Giulia Rampone, Yiovanna Derpsch, Damien Wright, Marco Bertamini · 2022 · eLife

    Cites data paper 22 citations

  30. Sustained response to symmetry in extrastriate areas after stimulus offset: An EEG study

    Marco Bertamini, Giulia Rampone, Jennifer Oulton, K. Semir Tatlidil, Alexis D. J. Makin · 2019 · Scientific Reports

    Cites data paper 20 citations

  31. Symmetry Perception and Psychedelic Experience

    Alexis D. J. Makin, Marco Roccato, Elena Karakashevska, John Tyson‐Carr, Marco Bertamini · 2023 · Symmetry

    Cites data paper 18 citations

  32. Symmetry Detection in Visual Impairment: Behavioral Evidence and Neural Correlates

    Zaira Cattaneo, Silvia Bona, Corinna M. Bauer, Juha Silvanto, Andrew M. Herbert, Tomaso Vecchi, Lotfi B. Merabet · 2014 · Symmetry

    Cites data paper 17 citations

  33. Fundamental visual features for aesthetic classification of photographs across datasets

    François Lemarchand · 2018 · Pattern Recognition Letters

    Cites data paper 16 citations

  34. Electrophysiological responses to regularity show specificity to global form: The case of Glass patterns

    Giulia Rampone, Alexis D. J. Makin · 2020 · European Journal of Neuroscience

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  35. Not all visual symmetry is equal: Partially distinct neural bases for vertical and horizontal symmetry

    Zaira Cattaneo, Silvia Bona, Juha Silvanto · 2017 · Neuropsychologia

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  36. The Posterior Sustained Negativity Revisited—An SPN Reanalysis of Jacobsen and Höfel (2003)

    Thomas Jacobsen, Stina Klein, Andreas Löw · 2018 · Symmetry

    Cites data paper 13 citations

  37. Perspective Slant Makes Symmetry Harder to Detect and Less Aesthetically Appealing

    Marco Bertamini, John Tyson‐Carr, Alexis D. J. Makin · 2022 · Symmetry

    Cites data paper 13 citations

  38. Symmetric patterns with different luminance polarity (anti‐symmetry) generate an automatic response in extrastriate cortex

    Alexis D. J. Makin, Giulia Rampone, Marco Bertamini · 2019 · European Journal of Neuroscience

    Cites data paper 13 citations

  39. The human visual system preserves the hierarchy of two-dimensional pattern regularity

    Peter J. Kohler, Alasdair D. F. Clarke · 2021 · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

    Cites data paper 13 citations

  40. SP EULER : Semantics-preserving Euler Diagrams

    Rebecca Kehlbeck, Jochen Görtler, Yunhai Wang, Oliver Deußen · 2022 · KOPS (University of Konstanz)

    Cites data paper 13 citations

  41. The extrastriate symmetry response can be elicited by flowers and landscapes as well as abstract shapes

    Alexis D. J. Makin, Giulia Rampone, Elena Karakashevska, Marco Bertamini · 2020 · Journal of Vision

    Cites data paper 13 citations

  42. Visual detection of 3D mirror-symmetry and 3D rotational-symmetry

    Tadamasa Sawada, Maddex Farshchi · 2022 · Visual Cognition

    Cites data paper 12 citations

  43. Preference for illusory contours: Beyond object symmetry, familiarity, and nameability.

    Jonathan C. Flavell, Steven P. Tipper, Harriet Over · 2017 · Emotion

    Cites data paper 11 citations

  44. Electrophysiological priming effects demonstrate independence and overlap of visual regularity representations in the extrastriate cortex

    Alexis D. J. Makin, John Tyson‐Carr, Yiovanna Derpsch, Giulia Rampone, Marco Bertamini · 2021 · PLoS ONE

    Cites data paper 11 citations

  45. The response to symmetry in extrastriate areas and its time course are modulated by selective attention

    Marco Bertamini, Giulia Rampone, John Tyson‐Carr, Alexis D. J. Makin · 2020 · Vision Research

    Cites data paper 10 citations

  46. Visual symmetry perception in early onset monocular blindness

    Zaira Cattaneo, Silvia Bona, Maura Monegato, Alfredo Pece, Tomaso Vecchi, Andrew M. Herbert, Lotfi B. Merabet · 2014 · Visual Cognition

    Cites data paper 10 citations

  47. Rotational-symmetry in a 3D scene and its 2D image

    Tadamasa Sawada, Qasim Zaidi · 2018 · Journal of Mathematical Psychology

    Cites data paper 10 citations

  48. Source dipole analysis reveals a new brain response to visual symmetry

    John Tyson‐Carr, Marco Bertamini, Giulia Rampone, Alexis D. J. Makin · 2021 · Scientific Reports

    Cites data paper 9 citations

  49. Symmetry of the Human Head—Are Symmetrical Models More Applicable in Numerical Analysis?

    Monika Ratajczak, Mariusz Ptak, Artur Kwiatkowski, Konrad Kubicki, Fábio A. O. Fernandes, Johannes Wilhelm, Mateusz Dymek, Marek Sawicki, S. Żółkiewski · 2021 · Symmetry

    Cites data paper 9 citations

  50. When does perceptual organization happen?

    Alexis D. J. Makin, Ned Buckley, E. P. Austin, Marco Bertamini · 2024 · Cortex

    Cites data paper 9 citations

  51. The Role of Visual Eccentricity on Preference for Abstract Symmetry

    Giulia Rampone, Noreen O’ Sullivan, Marco Bertamini · 2016 · PLoS ONE

    Cites data paper 9 citations

  52. Symmetry Lasts Longer Than Random, but Only for Brief Presentations

    Ruth Ogden, Alexis D. J. Makin, Letizia Palumbo, Marco Bertamini · 2016 · i-Perception

    Cites data paper 9 citations

  53. Spinning objects and partial occlusion: Smart neural responses to symmetry

    Giulia Rampone, Alexis D. J. Makin, John Tyson‐Carr, Marco Bertamini · 2021 · Vision Research

    Cites data paper 8 citations

  54. Neural responses to reflection symmetry for shapes defined by binocular disparity, and for shapes perceived as regions of background

    Elena Karakashevska, Giulia Rampone, John Tyson‐Carr, Alexis D. J. Makin, Marco Bertamini · 2021 · Neuropsychologia

    Cites data paper 8 citations

  55. Perceived beauty of elongated symmetric shapes: Is more better?

    Jay Friedenberg · 2017 · Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts

    Cites data paper 8 citations

  56. The chronometry of symmetry detection in the lateral occipital (LO) cortex

    Zaira Cattaneo, Silvia Bona, Andrea Ciricugno, Juha Silvanto · 2022 · Neuropsychologia

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  57. Memes that Evoke Emotions: A Neurodesign Strategy for Brand Communication and Experience

    Anirban Chowdhury, Prasun Chakraborty · 2021 · Smart innovation, systems and technologies

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  58. Factors Affecting the Perception of 3D Facial Symmetry from 2D Projections

    Michael B. Lewis · 2017 · Symmetry

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  59. Impressionism-inspired data visualizations are both functional and liked.

    Pavel Kozik, Laura G. Tateosian, C. Healey, J. Enns · 2019 · Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

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  60. Electrophysiological priming effects confirm that the extrastriate symmetry network is not gated by luminance polarity

    Alexis D. J. Makin, Andrea Piovesan, John Tyson‐Carr, Giulia Rampone, Yiovanna Derpsch, Marco Bertamini · 2020 · European Journal of Neuroscience

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  61. The interaction between luminance polarity grouping and symmetry axes on the ERP responses to symmetry

    Benjamin Dering, Damien Wright, Elena Gheorghiu · 2024 · Visual Neuroscience

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  62. Impact of Visual Design Elements and Principles in Human Electroencephalogram Brain Activity Assessed with Spectral Methods and Convolutional Neural Networks

    Francisco E. Cabrera, Pablo Sánchez-Núñez, Gustavo Vaccaro, José Ignacio Peláez, Javier Escudero · 2021 · Sensors

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  63. The Study of Symmetry in Empirical Aesthetics

    Marco Bertamini, Giulia Rampone · 2020 · Oxford University Press eBooks

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  64. Searching for Radial Symmetry

    Ben J. Jennings, Frederick A. A. Kingdom · 2017 · i-Perception

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  65. Event related potentials (ERP) reveal a robust response to visual symmetry in unattended visual regions

    Yiovanna Derpsch, John Tyson‐Carr, Giulia Rampone, Marco Bertamini, Alexis D. J. Makin · 2024 · NeuroImage

    Cites data paper 5 citations

  66. Right lateralized alpha desynchronization increases with the proportion of symmetry in the stimulus

    Alexis D. J. Makin, John Tyson‐Carr, Giulia Rampone, Amie Morris, Marco Bertamini · 2021 · European Journal of Neuroscience

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  67. The role of affect in late perceptual processes: Evidence from bi-stable illusions, object identification, and mental rotation.

    Trym A. E. Lindell, Janis Zickfeld, Rolf Reber · 2022 · Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance

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  68. Neural correlates of local parallelism during naturalistic vision

    John Wilder, Morteza Rezanejad, Sven Dickinson, Kaleem Siddiqi, Allan Jepson, Dirk B. Walther · 2022 · PLoS ONE

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  69. Different neural representations for detection of symmetry in dot-patterns and in faces: A state-dependent TMS study

    Zaira Cattaneo, Silvia Bona, Juha Silvanto · 2020 · Neuropsychologia

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  70. Influence of 3D Centro-Symmetry on a 2D Retinal Image

    Tadamasa Sawada · 2020 · Symmetry

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  71. Electrophysiological evidence of the amodal representation of symmetry in extrastriate areas

    Giulia Rampone, Martyna Adam, Alexis D. J. Makin, John Tyson‐Carr, Marco Bertamini · 2022 · Scientific Reports

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  72. Polygons have a small facilitatory effect on extraretinal symmetry perception

    Elena Karakashevska, Alexis D. J. Makin · 2024 · NeuroImage

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  73. Putting things into perspective: Which visual cues facilitate automatic extraretinal symmetry representation?

    Elena Karakashevska, Marco Bertamini, Alexis D. J. Makin · 2025 · Cortex

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  74. Affect and self-efficacy infuse the experience of ambivalent photographs

    Claudia Muth, Sabine Albrecht, Claus‐Christian Carbon · 2017 · Psihologija

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  75. Electrophysiological response to visual symmetry: Effects of the number of symmetry axes

    Meng Wang, Fengxia Wu, Gert van Tonder, Qiong Wu, Yang Feng, Yiyang Yu, Jiajia Yang, Satoshi Takahashi, Yoshimichi Ejima, Jinglong Wu · 2021 · Neuroscience Letters

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  76. When do we find a third neural response to visual symmetry?

    John Tyson‐Carr, Marco Bertamini, Giulia Rampone, Andrew Jones, Alexis D. J. Makin · 2024 · Cortex

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  77. A new ERP repetition paradigm to assess independence of regularity representations in the extrastriate cortex.

    Alexis D. J. Makin, John Tyson‐Carr, Marco Bertamini, Yiovanna Derpsch, Giulia Rampone · 2020 · n/a

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  78. They look virtually the same: Extraretinal representation of symmetry in virtual reality

    Elena Karakashevska, Michael Batterley, Y.X. Chen J.S. Li J. Yao, Alexis D. J. Makin · 2025 · Cortex

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  79. Geometrical properties of a generalized cone and its 2D image

    Tadamasa Sawada, Zygmunt Pizlo · 2023 · Journal of Mathematical Psychology

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  80. Overlapping Neural Responses to Reflectional Symmetry and Glass Patterns Revealed by an ERP Priming Paradigm

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  81. Investigating the Relationship between Balanced Composition and Aesthetic Judgment through Computational Aesthetics and Neuroaesthetic Approaches

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  82. Visual search efficiency is modulated by symmetry type and texture regularity

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  83. EEG-based analyses reveal different temporal processing patterns in aesthetic evaluation

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  84. Sustained posterior negativity (SPN) elicited by brief (20 ms) symmetrical stimuli

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  85. Temporal dynamics and task-dependent neural mechanisms in facial symmetry processing

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  86. A Kinetic Ecological Approach to Beauty Perception: A Perspective Review on the Case of Symmetry and the Golden Ratio

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  87. The extrastriate symmetry response is robust to alcohol intoxication

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  88. Elementi di precognizione estetica: risultati di un esperimento di percezione estetica condotto su Facebook

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  91. Late cortical dynamics mediate the symmetry-induced numerosity illusion

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