When the brain sees faces everywhere: How visual snow syndrome amplifies pareidolia

Ever spotted a face gazing back from a cloud or tree trunk? Most folks brush it off as a quirky brain trick called face ...
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A rare vision disorder that changes what people see

What Is Visual Snow Syndrome? Most people have probably seen a face in a cloud or in the grain of wood at least once. This common trick of the visual system is called face pareidolia. Ordinary brains ...
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People with this rare visual condition see illusory faces more often, new study shows

When you look at clouds, tree bark, or the front of a car, do you sometimes see a face staring back at you? That's "face pareidolia" and it is a perfectly normal illusion where our brains spot faces ...
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People with this rare visual condition see illusory faces more often, new study shows

Jessica Taubert receives funding from The Australian Research Council. When you look at clouds, tree bark, or the front of a car, do you sometimes see a face staring back at you? That’s “face ...