Which is more accurate to how we actually look mirrors, or photographs and selfies?
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Photos are how the world sees you. Mirrors are a horizontally flipped version of you.
Studies have found that your brain ‘falsely’ adjusts/ increases the perception of your own attractiveness when you look at yourself, based on the way you look at yourself most at the time (probably the mirror). This effect can be experienced when you normally find yourself more attractive in the mirror than on (non flipped) photos of yourself.
If you find your photo better after flipping it horizontally, that’s what’s happening inside your brain.
More in depth explanation:
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/03/why-selfies-sometimes-look-weird-to-their-subjects/359567/
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