I was looking for the word that describes the tendency to see faces in random patterns

And stumbled across it. Pareidolia: "a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant. Common examples include seeing images of animals or faces in clouds, the man in the moon, and hearing hidden messages on records played in reverse."



M E-L posted this on March 31, 2009 6:00 PM

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