Face pareidolia minimally engages macaque face selective neurons

Progress in Neurobiology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 245, P. 102709 - 102709

Published: Jan. 2, 2025

Language: Английский

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A behavioral advantage for the face pareidolia illusion in peripheral vision

Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(1)

Published: May 2, 2024

Abstract Investigation of visual illusions helps us understand how we process information. For example, face pareidolia, the misperception illusory faces in objects, could be used to real faces. However, it remains unclear whether this illusion emerges from errors detection or slower, cognitive processes. Here, our logic is straightforward; if examples pareidolia activate mechanisms that rapidly detect environments, then participants will look at objects more quickly when also contain To test hypothesis, sampled continuous eye movements during a fast saccadic choice task—participants were required select either food items. During task, pairs stimuli positioned close initial fixation point further away, periphery. As expected, faster targets than targets. Importantly, discovered an advantage for items with but, was limited peripheral condition. These findings are among first demonstrate persists periphery and, thus, likely consequence erroneous detection.

Language: Английский

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Preliminary evidence of an increased susceptibility to face pareidolia in postpartum women

Biology Letters, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 19(9)

Published: Sept. 1, 2023

As primates, we are hypersensitive to faces and face-like patterns in the visual environment, hence often perceive illusory otherwise inanimate objects, such as burnt pieces of toast surface moon. Although this phenomenon, known face pareidolia, is a common experience, it unknown whether our susceptibility pareidolia static across lifespan or what factors would cause change. Given evidence that behaviour towards stimuli modulated by neuropeptide oxytocin (OT), reasoned participants stages life associated with high levels endogenous OT might be more susceptible than other life. We tested hypothesis assessing two groups women; pregnant women (low OT) postpartum (high OT). found report seeing easily who currently pregnant. These data, collected online, suggest sensitivity not fixed may change throughout adulthood, providing crucial proof concept requires further research.

Language: Английский

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Autism impairs face perception? Opposite associations between different subclusters of autistic traits and illusory face detection

Visual Cognition, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 31(10), P. 786 - 795

Published: Nov. 26, 2023

Language: Английский

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