human pareidolia

Is Pareidolia Normal?

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Is Pareidolia Normal? Pareidolia is an ordinary phenomenon, one that’s widespread across people and cultures—but there are a variety of individual differences in human pareidolia. What is the cause of pareidolia? But why does the pareidolia phenomenon occur? The scientists believe it’s a product of evolution since previous studies noted the phenomenon among monkeys, suggesting

What Is Seeing Faces In Things Called?

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What Is Seeing Faces In Things Called? The phenomenon’s fancy name is facial pareidolia. Scientists at the University of Sydney have found that, not only do we see faces in everyday objects, our brains even process objects for emotional expression much like we do for real faces rather than discarding the objects as “false” detections.