What is the Thatcher Effect? Why do upside down faces confuse us?

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What is the Thatcher effect? It is a curious phenomenon associated with our ability to recognise faces. An upside down face which has been modified so that the eyes and mouth are the right way up looks normal when the face is inverted but very strange when the face is the right way up. Come with me as I explore this curious effect and try to answer the question: Why does the Thatcher effect work?

I used a number of sources for this video including this excellent website from BBC’s Bang Goes the Theory

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bang/article_tha...

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