The Man in the Moon isn’t just actress Reese Witherspoon’s breakout role in a movie that leaves us in a fit of sobs by the end — it’s an actual premise in which people believe they can see a face in the moon or other inanimate objects. Scientists classify this as face pareidolia, “the illusory perception of non-existent faces.” And after looking into societys current obsession with faces, National Geographic came across a study that found the part of the brain responsible for this illusion
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 01:04:01 +0000
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