Yes exactly! You give yourself a new perspective to solve the problem.
If you have ever seen a professional digital artist draw, you'll notice them flip the canvas repeatedly. You might think they're crazy how much they flip it, but this really does help turn off that part of the brain that got too used to the drawing. Too used to the auto correction magic our brains love performing.
This technique forces them to see that the curve they just drew feels off, even when their brain with the image right side up refused to see it.
I can totally see why digital artists would get value from this!
I work in VFX and have found that after watching a shot on loop a few hundred times (over weeks) it can be quite helpful to watch it 'flopped' (horizontal mirror), which seems to be able to give nearly a whole-new perspective (on the effects-content) in many cases.
If you have ever seen a professional digital artist draw, you'll notice them flip the canvas repeatedly. You might think they're crazy how much they flip it, but this really does help turn off that part of the brain that got too used to the drawing. Too used to the auto correction magic our brains love performing.
This technique forces them to see that the curve they just drew feels off, even when their brain with the image right side up refused to see it.