title: Perception of mirror symmetry in amblyopic vision.
abstract: Mirror symmetry is ubiquitous in natural visual scenes, and detection of mirror symmetry seems to be a global, automatic, effortless and important aspect of visual perception. The perception of mirror symmetry has not been studied in humans with amblyopia. In this paper we measured and quantified the detection of mirror symmetry in adults with naturally occurring amblyopia. Our results show that amblyopia may severely impair the detection of mirror symmetry, and that this impairment is not simply a consequence of reduced stimulus visibility. Rather, we suggest that this loss may reflect, at least in part, a deficit in the integration of local orientation information.
authors.affiliation: School of Optometry, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-2020, USA. dlevi@berkeley.edu
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Levi
authors.forename: Jussi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saarinen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000550:Amblyopia / Q000523:psychology*; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009949:Orientation; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011601:Psychophysics; D012684:Sensory Thresholds; D015357:Vision Disparity