Surrealist artists such as Salvador Dalí would intentionally use pareidolia in their works, often in the form of a hidden face.

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Wikipedia contributors. (2024, February 11). Pareidolia. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 12, 2024, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pareidolia&oldid=1206076782

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Pareidolia (Wikipedia) Pareidolia (/ˌpærɪˈdoʊliə, ˌpɛər-/; also US: /ˌpɛəraɪ-/) is the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one sees an object, pattern, or meaning where there is none. It is a type of apophenia.

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