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Which side of your face is the most attractive? Science decides

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We are more likely to use the left side of our face in pictures than the right and there's a scientific reason why.

A theory called the "left-side bias" has been compounded by a new study conducted by Annukka Lindell, senior lecturer in experimental neuropsychology at La Trobe University in Melbourne. Lindell examined 2,000 selfies to see which side of the face featured more often and found that 41 per cent, featured the left side of the face as opposed to the right.

The study explains the findings by asserting that the left side of the face is controlled by the right hemisphere of the brain, which is in charge of a person's emotions. Essentially, the left side of our faces express emotions more fully, which is why we see them as our best sides.

"Given that only 8 percent of selfie- takers showed no overall bias, the tendency to repeatedly adopt a preferred pose appears to be the norm for selfie takers," Lindell wrote in the study published in the journal 'Frontiers in Psychology'.

A similar study in 2012 by Wake Forest University found the same - that the left side "exhibits a greater intensity of emotion, which observers find more aesthetically pleasing".

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