... might encode illusory faces as being more similar to real faces than to matched objects. Although we detect faces quickly, we often make mistakes and detect faces when none exist. Face pareidolia describes the common perception of illusory facial features on otherwise inanimate objects...

.... Aberrant social functioning in depression is likely to be the result of deeply-rooted maladaptive strategies rather than of poor sensitivity to social signals. This has implications for mental well-being under the current pandemic conditions. depression face pareidolia face tuning gender impact non...

... unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract In Parkinson’s disease, a precursor phenomenon to visual hallucinations presents as ‘pareidolias’ which make ambiguous forms appear meaningful. To evoke and detect pareidolias in patients...

... population. The illusionism of cinema is a profound effect, but the potential disturbance invoked by asynchrony can also be an extreme effect. We desire a unity, evident in the phenomenon of pareidolia whereby, when faced with a potential disturbance of perceptual unity, we can perceive a formal unity...

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