Words Seldom Seen: Pareidolia

Pareidolia

Noun: A brain phenomenon in which a person sees or hears something significant in a random image or pattern. Pareidolia is what causes peoples to see faces in inanimate objects.

Pronounced “par-i-DOH-lee-a”

Example: “If you can see a hand in the sunrise photo above you are experiencing pareidolia.”


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