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July 15, 2020

Pareidolia -- Why We See Human Faces in Clouds, Rocks, Tree Bark, on the Moon, and even Mars

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Pareidolia: Why We See Human Faces in Clouds, Rocks, Tree Bark, on the Moon, and even Mars

In this episode of the fine art photography podcast, we discuss the psychological phenomenon of Pareidolia, or the tendency to recognize faces in random shapes, patterns, or noise, and sometimes in our own photographs!

Cited in this podcast:

My blog

https://icatchshadows.com/

Merriam-Webster

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pareidolia

Live Science

https://www.livescience.com/25448-pareidolia.html

Wikipedia: Giuseppe Arcimboldo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Arcimboldo#/media/File:Vertumnus_%C3%A5rstidernas_gud_m%C3%A5lad_av_Giuseppe_Arcimboldo_1591_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_91503.tiff

Wikipedia -- Pareidolia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia

Inverse, article by Hannah Margaret Allen

https://www.inverse.com/article/49527-what-is-pareidolia

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By Keith Dotson

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