Humans’ left cheek portrait bias extends to chimpanzees: Depictions of chimps on Instagram
Abstract
When posing for portraits, humans favour the left cheek. This preference is argued to stem from the left cheek's greater expressivity: as the left hemiface is predominantly controlled by the emotion-dominant right hemisphere, it expresses emotion more intensely than the right hemiface. Whether this left cheek bias extends to our closest primate relatives, chimpanzees, has yet to be determined. Given that humans and chimpanzees share the same...
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Humans’ left cheek portrait bias extends to chimpanzees: Depictions of chimps on Instagram
Published Date
Sep 22, 2019
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