Pareidolia: Science Explains Why People See Faces Where There Are None
Christophe Haubursin - Vox
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August 6, 2015
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Why you're seeing a face in this purse (Vox)

You know the story — someone sees the image of Jesus burned into a piece of toast, the story makes the local news, and it goes viral. Pareidolia, the process by which the mind perceives a familiar pattern where there is none, results from our search for meaning in random information. Today it's the subject of research into how the human brain recognizes faces as well as it does.

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Related: Do You See It? Image of Jesus Seen on Bathroom Wall in Mexico Home (Daily Mail)

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