What it means if you spot faces in objects - Susan G. Wardle

Podcast: TED-Ed · TED-Ed

Opublikowano: 2026-10-23

Dig into the phenomenon of face pareidolia, which is the tendency of our brains to see faces in everyday objects. -- Imagine opening a bag of chips, only to find Santa Claus looking back at you. Or turning a corner to see a building smiling at you. Humans see faces in all kinds of mundane objects, but these faces aren’t real— they're illusions due to a phenomenon known as face pareidolia. So why exactly does this happen, and how far does this distortion go? Susan G. Wardle explores why we see illusory faces. L...