Abstract
It is argued that the apparent reversal of left and right in the image of an object that faces a mirror is, strangely enough, due to the cross-lateral inversion inherent in our general schema of frontal encounters. The partial violation of the schema by the mirror image is interpreted by the observer as a transposition brought about by the optics of the mirror. Other approaches to the problem are discussed, and a conjecture about the source of the elusiveness of the solution is offered.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 275-283 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Cognition |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1987 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Language and Linguistics
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Linguistics and Language
- Cognitive Neuroscience