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===Image examples===
===Image examples===
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File:Faceincloud.jpg|''Face in a cloud'' by [http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-10/14/pareidolic-robot Neil Usher]
File:1240046142_123910392523.jpg|''The Forest Has Eyes'' by [http://www.bevdoolittle.net/Default.asp?!=W&ID=12810 Bev Doolittle]
File:Pareidolia_face.jpg|Face within tree bark by [[Anonymous]]
File:Absents_of_the_mermaid.jpg|''Absents of the mermaid'' by [http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/octavio-ocampo/absents-of-the-mermaid Octavio Ocampo]
File:Eye.jpg| ''Eye of the tower'' by [http://500px.com/photo/5997409 Davide Lombardi]
File:Areidolia.jpg| Squinting eyes on a roof top by [[Anonymous]]
File:Image2011_11379tk.jpg|''Optical illusion'' by [http://www.opticalspy.com/oleg-shuplyak-gallery.html Oleg Shuplyak]
File:Shuplyak_faces_10.jpg|''Optical illusion'' by [http://www.opticalspy.com/oleg-shuplyak-gallery.html Oleg Shuplyak]
File:Skullflower.jpg| ''Death Rose'' by [[Anonymous]]
File:Storm-face.jpg|''Face within a cloud'' by [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myf-0r1Onhk Denis Farmer]
File:Smiley_face.jpg|''Smile in tree bark'' by [[User:TheReplicator|Chelsea Morgan]]
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===See also===
===See also===
*[[Subjective effects index]]
*[[Subjective effects index]]

Revision as of 05:13, 20 July 2014

Enhanced pattern recognition can be described as an increase in a person's ability to recognize significant imagery (usually faces) within vague stimuli.

This innate ability which human beings possess in everyday life is referred to by the scientific literature as pareidolia and is very well documented. Common examples of this include spotting faces in everyday objects and viewing clouds as fantastical objects.

During this experience pareidolia can become significantly more intense and pronounced. For example, scenery may look remarkably like people or objects, every single leaf on a tree may look like many tiny green faces, or clouds might appear to be easily recognizable as fantastical objects, all without any visual alterations actually taking place.

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