“I’m a beast, I’m an animal, I’m that monster in the mirror.” Like it or not, the mirror is the place where Usher most often sees himself. As a result, he probably prefers pictures of himself that are horizontally reversed (left), whereas his fans probably prefer pictures of him that are not (right). One consequence of the mere exposure effect is that people tend to like the photographic images with which they are most familiar (Mita, Dermer, & Knight, 1977).
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