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    what is the term for how we can see faces in random objects?

    For example, when I look at patterns on the floor, I can make out a number of human faces with varying features.

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    Apophenia is the experience of seeing meaningful patterns or connections in random or meaningless data.
    The term was coined in 1958 by Klaus Conrad, who defined it as the "unmotivated seeing of connections" accompanied by a "specific experience of an abnormal meaningfulness", but it has come to represent the human tendency to seek patterns in random information in general (such as with gambling), paranormal phenomena, and religion.


    From Wiki.

    Here's a couple of sites for these visual perceptions.


    http://kathrynvercillo.hubpages.com/hub/Two-Faces-or-a-Vase-10-Simple-but-Wonderful-Optical-Illusions 


    http://www.scientificpsychic.com/graphics/


     


     



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