Word of the Day: Pareidolia

[debodun]

Pareidolia - the tendency for incorrect perception of an object or pattern such as seeing shapes in clouds, seeing faces in inanimate objects or abstract patterns.

My uncle had pareidolia because he saw panda bears in a wallpaper pattern.

 

[win231]

So, this would be an example of pareidolia:

 

[Aunt Marg]

An old school teacher of mine suffered from pareidolia, with him always asking the class, "did you hear that" or "what did you say".

 

[RadishRose]

Due to my pareidolia, I was terrified of the ghostly images I saw in the woodgrain of my sliding closet doors as a child.

 

[Sliverfox]

As a child,,my mother & I would practice pareidolia,, that cloud looks like a lion.

 

[Phoenix]

I think a better word for pareidolia is a a healthy imagination.

 

[RubyK]

I believe pareidolia affects those who have a good imagination and excellent eyesight. It is a talent that some people possess.

 

[Ruthanne]

When I was a kid we had very interesting bathroom tiles on the walls. In my pareidolia I would look at each one and see an image of one sort or the other and I would give each one a name. I called one "the strawberry man" because it looked like a man with a head shaped like a strawberry.

 

[win231]

I believe pareidolia affects those who have a good imagination and excellent eyesight. It is a talent that some people possess.

More often, it's just seeing what you want to see.

 

[debodun]

https://www.comicskingdom.com/pardon-my-planet/2020-11-20