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Direct linkBertin, Evelin; Bhatt, Ramesh S. – Developmental Science, 2004
Adults readily detect changes in face patterns brought about by the inversion of eyes and mouth when the faces are viewed upright but not when they are viewed upside down. Research suggests that this illusion (the Thatcher illusion) is caused by the interfering effects of face inversion on the processing of second-order relational information…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Human Body, Cognitive Processes, Infants
