Seeing faces in common objects is not unusual. You might have seen the “man in the moon”, or seen faces in electrical outlets or sliced bell peppers. A new study from the National Institute of Mental ...

Oxytocin may be responsible for new mothers' heightened ability to see faces in inanimate objects, but more research is needed. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The mind is great at spotting potential friends, even when they’re inanimate. Feel emotional after spotting what looks like a face in your breakfast cereal, or perhaps what kind of looks like Virgin ...

A mountain rock in the shape of a human face. Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Similar to Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, "The Great Stone Face." Source: Gusman/Bridgeman Images, used with permission "One ...

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There's something about unexpectedly spotting a face in an inanimate object that never fails to make me giggle. It's so very dumb, yet so entertaining. I can't help but point it out if I see it in ...

Karen Hopkin: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Karen Hopkin. Hopkin: It’s probably happened to you. You look at a parking meter or a pickle slice or the foam in your cup of ...

Two eyes and a mouth—it doesn’t take much for our brains to construct a face—or in this case, two faces looking back at us. Source: Paul Hanaoka/Unsplash Many people have described looking at their ...

Humans often suffer from a tendency called pareidolia — in plain English, recognizing shapes, patterns or faces in inanimate objects. One place where this commonly happens is with cars: the headlights ...