From the Vault: The Invention of the Mirror, Part 2
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The Effects of New Faces in the Mirror
The more that you look at yourself, the weirder you look. The disappearance or attenuation of face traits could very well be caused by what's known as troxler fading. If you fixate your gaze on a particular point without moving it, unchanging visual stimuli in the periphery will tend to fade away over time.
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