Pareidolia

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:psychological_theory
gptkbp:commonIn human perception
gptkbp:defines the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern
gptkbp:etymology from Greek para (beside, instead of) and eidōlon (image, form)
gptkbp:example hearing hidden messages in music
seeing animals in rock formations
seeing faces in clouds
gptkbp:field psychology
gptkbp:firstDescribed gptkb:19th_century
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:Man_in_the_Moon
gptkb:Face_on_Mars
Jesus on toast
gptkbp:occurredIn digital images
auditory stimuli
tactile stimuli
visual stimuli
gptkbp:relatedTo pattern recognition
apophenia
gptkbp:studiedBy cognitive science
neuroscience
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Unpatterns
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pareidolia