Why We Tend to Show Our Left Side in Pictures

When you pose for a photo, toward which side do you naturally turn? If you turn to your right, you're in good company: most portraits throughout art history—and over 90 percent of depictions of Jesus on the cross—show the subject turning to his right, exposing more of the left side of the face.

Science writer Sam Kean, author of the upcoming book The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons, explains the scientific origins of this phenomenon—and why you might even see this bias in your high school yearbook.

Text and video via The Atlantic

Full article: theatlantic.com/video/archive/2014/02/why-we-tend-to-show-our-left-side-in-pictures/283722/