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. 2011 Nov 10;22(10):2354–2364. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhr315

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Pareidolia experiences. (A) People claim to see the face of the Virgin Mary in an office window stain (Tisch 2004). (B) The same face is seen in a brain scan (Copsey 2008). (C) Is this a rabbit in the clouds or a dog? (D) Some claim that this pretzel is the Virgin Mary cradling a baby Jesus (Olson 2005). (E) Some see Elvis Presley in this potato chip (Oklahomaedge 2008). (F) Is this pulsar really a giant hand in space? (CNN 2009).