Some see a face on Mars.
Once I found a screaming baby's face in the tile in a public restroom. That captured child still haunts me sometimes.
What is it in our brains that makes us see faces in inanimate objects? The phenomenon is called pareidolia. The brain takes something insignificant and assigns to it a significance that is not inherent.
This blog will share some examples of the phenomenon. Find some of your own and want to see them online? Send your submissions with your name and email address to
findingfacespareidolia@gmail.com. We'll publish the most interesting ones and credit you with first name, last initial.
Sylvester Stallone's image is inside a bell pepper.
What is it in our brains that makes us see faces in inanimate objects? The phenomenon is called pareidolia. The brain takes something insignificant and assigns to it a significance that is not inherent.
This blog will share some examples of the phenomenon. Find some of your own and want to see them online? Send your submissions with your name and email address to
findingfacespareidolia@gmail.com. We'll publish the most interesting ones and credit you with first name, last initial.


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