"What the brain perceives in a still photo is vastly different from what it perceives in real life," according to Dr. Dale Purves, director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University. Up close and personal, "every second you're getting a series of images of a person that you're kind of blending together, and that would be a little more forgiving." What we're taking in, he adds, "is a load of stuff, including clothing, personality and smells -- elements that can evaporate in two dimensions"
-- "Photoshopped images: the good, the bad and the ugly," The LA Times
