Do people see the mirror version of my face?

When you look at the mirror, you do not see the person that other people see. This is because your reflection in the mirror is reversed by your brain. When you raise your left hand, your reflection will raise its right hand. From the way we smile to the way we part our hair, our faces are not symmetrical.

Is the face you see in the mirror accurate?

Basically, no. A good-quality, flat mirror is going to show you very accurately how other people will see you. Try looking at someone else standing in a mirror next to you- besides the fact that they’ll look a little odd because you aren’t used to seeing a mirror image of them, they’ll look pretty normal!

What happens when you change your face in the mirror?

More mysterious, however, were the participants’ emotional reactions to the changes: The participants reported that apparition of new faces in the mirror caused sensations of otherness when the new face appeared to be that of another, unknown person or strange `other’ looking at him/her from within or beyond the mirror.

What happens when you stare at your own reflection?

An intriguing article has just been published in the journal Perception about a never-before-described visual illusion where your own reflection in the mirror seems to become distorted and shifts identity. To trigger the illusion you need to stare at your own reflection in a dimly lit room.

What causes the strange-face-in-the-mirror illusion?

The strange-face-in-the-mirror illusion. According to Caputo’s suggestion, the illusion might be caused by low level fluctuations in the stability of edges, shading and outlines affecting the perceived definition of the face, which gets over-interpreted as ‘someone else’ by the face recognition system.

Do apparitions of New Faces in the mirror cause sensations of otherness?

The participants reported that apparition of new faces in the mirror caused sensations of otherness when the new face appeared to be that of another, unknown person or strange `other’ looking at him/her from within or beyond the mirror.