Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Pareidolia (Week 8)

Hi everyone! Today I’m back with a discussion about “Pareidolia”, which is a psychological phenomenon of random stimulus being perceived as significant. For example, we saw a building window but we perceived it as a face, or even saw a door which looks like a face. This time, my lecturer asked me and my teammates to find out pareidolia things in our campus. We split into directions and find it out as many as we can. We felt like it would be difficult but later on we found it interesting and we realized that so many things around us can be looked like faces.  Let me show you the pareidolias that we’ve found.


The two big square windows on the top can be seen as eyes, and the five blue windows at the bottom can be seen as teeth as it looks like a face in general








I think this one is the best pareidolia as it forms a smiling face with a door handle as the nose
























So many faces can be seen from wires, color paints, electricity power source, stickers on the wall, cardboards, woods, car, or even a toilet seat. I think pareidolia is an interesting thing that can sharpen our sense to see things around us with a greater sensitivity. That’s all about my topic this time, and I will see you guys soon!

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