Why do mirror reflection and photo images of ourselves look so different? Which one more accurately depicts how others see you?
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our faces are not perfectly symmetrical; there are subtle differences on either side that are noticeable when an image is flipped. the image taken by a regular camera or the back camera of your phone is how others see you, while the image you see in a mirror or using your phone’s front camera (unless you’ve fiddled with the settings) is what you’re used to seeing. the unmirrored image looks strange to you because you’re only able to see yourself in a mirror, so that is the image you’ve become accustomed to, even though it isn’t accurate to how others see you.
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