Seeing Jesus in toast: Neural and behavioral correlates of face pareidolia

Cortex

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-77

  Liu, Jiangang ^a,d   Li, Jun ^b   Feng, Lu ^c   Li, Ling ^a   Tian, Jie ^b,c   Lee, Kang ^d  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Face pareidolia; Face processing; FMRI; Fusiform face area; Top down processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACE PAREIDOLIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NOISE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SENSORY STIMULATION; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL ILLUSION; YOUNG ADULT;

FACE PAREIDOLIA; FACE PROCESSING; FMRI; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; TOP-DOWN PROCESSING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894430512     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.01.013     Document Type: Article

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