Pareidolia

learner2007

learner2007

If someone is less than efficient in using TA and has an imagined perception of a pattern or meaning where one does not actually exist, I just learned today that the term for this is 'pareidolia'. Pareidolia, sounds like the name of a disease that's all too easy to catch! If there are any Pareidolia sufferers out there, back to the basics is the cure!
 
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Pareidolia is a type of apophenia involving the perception of images or sounds in random stimuli.
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Anthropomorphism is attributing human qualities to something non-human.

I think apophenia is much more general; applying meaning to what has none.
 
learner2007 said:
If someone is less than efficient in using TA and has an imagined perception of a pattern or meaning where one does not actually exist, I just learned today that the term for this is 'pareidolia'. Pareidolia, sounds like the name of a disease that's all too easy to catch! If there are any Pareidolia sufferers out there, back to the basics is the cure!
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Sounds like "Apopheniais the spontaneous perception of connections and meaningfulness of unrelated phenomena. The term was coined by German neurologist and psychiatrist Klaus Conrad (1905-1961). Conrad focused on the finding of abnormal meaning or significance in random experiences by psychotic people.Jan 9, 2012"
 
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