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Symmetry2010,2,1510-1543;doi:10.3390/sym2031510 OPENACCESS symmetry ISSN2073-8994 /journal/symmetry Review BehindtheLooking-Glass:AReviewonHumanSymmetry Perception MatthiasSebastianTreder MachineLearningLaboratory,BerlinInstituteofTechnology,Franklinstr.28/29,Berlin,Germany; E-Mail:matthias.treder@tu-berlin.de;Tel.:+49(0)3031428681;Fax:+49(0)3031478622 Received:25June2010;inrevisedform:13July2010/Accepted:19July2010/ Published:22July2010 Abstract: The human visual system is highly pro?cient in extractingbilateral symmetry fromvisualinput. Thispaperreviewsempiricalandtheoreticalworkonhumansy