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Story summary
- A study published in the Royal Society Open Science examined face pareidolia and found 90% of participants saw faces in abstract images.
- The study found 96.7% saw faces in everyday objects and 53.4% in visual noise.
- Participants perceived these faces as young, male, and happy.
- Vertically symmetrical patterns produced face recognition in 65.8% versus 23.6% for random patterns.
- Researchers say the brain's efficiency in detecting faces can produce false positives.
