| Seeing Things That Aren’t There? It’s Called Pareidolia Susan G. Wardle - TED-Ed | |
| go to original July 12, 2023 |
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Imagine opening a bag of chips, only to find Santa Claus looking back at you. Or turning a corner to see a building smiling at you. Humans see faces in all kinds of mundane objects, but these faces aren't real - they're illusions due to a phenomenon known as face pareidolia.
So why exactly does this happen, and how far does this distortion go?
Susan G. Wardle explores why we see illusory faces. Read transcript
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