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TeMPOraL on Aug 12, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Algorithms to enhance or transform images

I remember an art teacher who demonstrated me that we actually don't like symmetry in faces - he shown us a picture of a woman face composed of one half, and its mirror image. This face was completely symmetric (vertically), but didn't feel quite "right".

burgerbrain on Aug 12, 2011 [–]

That seems a good deal less scientific than the numerous studies that have strongly suggested the opposite.

TeMPOraL on Aug 12, 2011 | [–]

You are right, of course. I was just providing a data point.

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