Daily Brain & Mind — Day 8 (Optical Illusion) 🧠 The…
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Daily Brain & Mind — Day 8 (Optical Illusion)
🧠 The Thatcher Effect (Upside Down Faces)
Look at this upside-down celebrity portrait. Does it look relatively normal? Now flip your phone or view it right-side up!
💬 Did the right-side-up reveal give you a shock? Rate the creepiness from 1 to 10! (Solution in first comment 👇)
#brain #thatchereffect #facialrecognition #neuroscience #creepy
🧠 The Thatcher Effect (Upside Down Faces)
Look at this upside-down celebrity portrait. Does it look relatively normal? Now flip your phone or view it right-side up!
💬 Did the right-side-up reveal give you a shock? Rate the creepiness from 1 to 10! (Solution in first comment 👇)
#brain #thatchereffect #facialrecognition #neuroscience #creepy
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💡 SCIENCE BEHIND THE ILLUSION:
Demonstrated by Peter Thompson in 1980 (using Margaret Thatcher's photo), the human brain uses specialized holistic facial recognition modules in the fusiform face area. When an image is inverted, we process facial features independently rather than holistically, missing horrific distortions.
Demonstrated by Peter Thompson in 1980 (using Margaret Thatcher's photo), the human brain uses specialized holistic facial recognition modules in the fusiform face area. When an image is inverted, we process facial features independently rather than holistically, missing horrific distortions.
