The brain has an astonishing capacity to detect patterns in the world. So much so, it will often create patterns where none exist. Pareidolia is the tendency to see familiar shapes in random objects.

Our brain is divided into two hemispheres, which are linked through only a few connections. However, we do not seem to have a problem to create a coherent image of our environment – our perception is ...

The brain has an astonishing capacity to detect patterns in the world. So much so, that it will often create patterns where none exist. Pareidolia is the tendency to see familiar shapes in random ...