Study: Face Pareidolia Reflects Activation of Same Visual Mechanisms that Process Real Human Faces0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- August 18, 2020
Face pareidolia is the phenomenon of seeing face-like structures in everyday objects. It is a very human condition that relates to how our brains are wired. According to new research published in the journal Psychological Science, we process ‘pareidolia faces’ using the same visual mechanisms of the brain that we do for real ones.
