Pareidolia refers to the perception of ambiguous sensory patterns as carrying a specific
meaning. In its most common form, pareidolia involves human-like facial features, where …

The happy face advantage, the faster recognition of happy than of negative, angry or fearful,
emotional expressions, has been reliably found and is modulated by social category cues …

Face detection is a foundational social skill for primates. This vital function is thought to be
supported by specialized neural mechanisms; however, although several face-selective …

Previous research indicates that irrational beliefs (Paranormal beliefs & conspiracy theory
endorsement) are associated with the perception of patterns in noise, but the previous …

As primates, we are hypersensitive to faces and face-like patterns in the visual environment,
hence we often perceive illusory faces in otherwise inanimate objects, such as burnt pieces …

Face pareidolia occurs when random or ambiguous inanimate objects are perceived as
faces. While real faces automatically receive prioritized attention compared with nonface …

An interesting feature of the primate face detection system results in the perception of
illusory faces in objects, or pareidolia. These illusory faces do not per se contain social …

Humans perceive illusory faces in everyday objects with a face-like configuration, an illusion
known as face pareidolia. Face-selective regions in humans and monkeys, believed to …

Although the environment is three-dimensional (3-D), humans are able to extract subtle
information from two-dimensional (2-D) images, particularly in the domain of sex. However …

Humans are inclined to perceive faces in everyday objects with a face-like configuration.
This illusion, known as face pareidolia, is often attributed to a specialized network of'face …