It’s so commonplace we barely give it a second thought, but human brains seem hardwired to see human faces where there are none – in objects as varied as the moon, toys, plastic bottles, tree trunks and vacuum cleaners. Some have even seen an imagined Jesus in cheese on toast.
Until now scientists haven’t understood exactly what the brain is doing when it processes visual signals and interprets them as representations of the human face.
Neuroscientists at the University of Sydney now say how our brains identify and analyse real human faces is conducted by the same cognitive processes that identify illusory faces. [Read more…] about There’s a man in the moon: Why our brains see human faces everywhere
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