Here's Why You Hate The Way You Look In Photos

You know how you take a bunch of photos and still can't find a photo you actually like of yourself? There's actually a perfectly valid reason for feeling that way!

According to Nick Stockton from Wired, we've all become so used to our mirror image, so when we see photos of ourselves, the image we see isn't a mirror image, so it looks really alien and weird to us.

This brings up the idea of 'mere-exposure', which means we react more favourably to things we're used to - such as our faces in the mirror.

You may have noticed you like your selfies better when they're taken on Snapchat, this is because the app doesn't flip your selfies so you actually get the mirror image of yourself, i.e. the one you're used to.

What this all means is that when we see a photo of ourselves and don't like what we see, it's probably because we find our inverse self more attractive!

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