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Happy Faces

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If you have ever imagined a face in an inanimate object, your brain is engaged in a process called pareidolia. This is the tendency to see a pattern or meaning in something, where there is nothing there. Seeing faces in everyday objects is a common experience. Many of us perceive a smiley face in the clouds, in the froth of a cappuccino, or an object as mundane as an electrical plug socket. Scientists from the University of Sydney in Australia conducted a study to investigate whether our brain processes these illusory faces in the same way it does with real human faces. Their research suggests there are some similarities in how we recognize both human and "false" faces.

In the study, 17 volunteers looked at a series of illusory and human faces. They had to rate the strength of emotional attachment they felt upon seeing each one. The researchers concluded that the same neural circuitry was involved in determining what was or wasn't a natural face. Psychologist David Alais said: "We know these objects are not truly faces, yet the perception of a face lingers." He added: "We end up with...a parallel experience that the object is both a compelling face and an object." Mr. Alais said the brain sees two things at once, and that we focus more on the image of a face than the fact it is an object. He added: "The first impression of a face does not give way to the second perception of an object."

מילים חדשות מהטקסט

  • Inanimate /ɪˈnænəmət/ verb דוֹמֵם

    not living: not capable of life

    Stones are inanimate.

  • Pareidolia /ˌpæɹ.aɪˈdəʊ.li.ə/ noun פארידוליה

    a situation in which someone sees a pattern or image of something that does not exist, for example, a face in a cloud

    How can we say pareidolia is a phenomenon of the human mind?

  • Mundane /mənˈdeɪn/ adjective אַרְצִי

    dull and ordinary

    They lead a pretty mundane life.

  • Illusory /ɪˈlusəri/ adjective מַשׁלֶה

    based on something that is not true or real

    What an illusory sense of security.

  • Perception /pərˈsɛpʃən/ noun תפיסה

    the way you think about or understand someone or something

    The public's perception of nuclear power is not good.

שאלות לשיחה

אין כאן תשובה נכונה — אלה שאלות לתרגול דיבור, לבד או מול מורה.

  1. Does looking at a happy face change your mood?
  2. Who is the happiest person you know?
  3. What makes a happy face look happy?
  4. Should people always look happy in photographs?
  5. What would make you happier?

בדקו את עצמכם

3 שאלות. בחרו תשובה וקבלו בדיקה מיד.

  1. What object does the article refer to as being mundane?

  2. What did volunteers have to rate the strength of when looking at faces?

  3. How many things did researchers say we see at once?

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