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Perception Pareidolia Type Apophenia Involving Images Sounds Random

Fallacy Pareidolia
Definition and Examples
A type of apophenia involving the perception of images or sounds in random stimuli.

For example, hearing a ringing phone while taking a shower. The noise produced by the running water provides a background from which the mind perceives the sound of a phone. A more common example is the perception of a face within an inanimate object—the headlights and grill of an automobile may appear to be "grinning". People around the world see the "Man in the Moon".[11]

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