Thompson's Margaret Thatcher illusion: When inversion fails

Sam S. Rakover

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Thompson's Margaret Thatcher illusion: When inversion fails

Sam S. Rakover

Department of Psychology

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It is argued that the whole face is more dominant than the individual features. In the case of a jumbled face the external pattern is dominant when a face is upright, whereas the internal pattern is dominant when a face is inverted.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1227-1230
Number of pages	4
Journal	Perception
Volume	28
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1068/p2774
State	Published - 1999

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Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Ophthalmology
Sensory Systems
Artificial Intelligence

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