2023
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0293942
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Pareidolias are a function of visuoperceptual impairment

Emily McCann,
Soohyun Lee,
Felicia Coleman
et al.

Abstract: Pareidolias, or the misperception of ambiguous stimuli as meaningful objects, are complex visual illusions thought to be phenomenologically similar to Visual Hallucination (VH). VH are a major predictor of dementia in Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and are included as a core clinical feature in Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB). A newly developed Noise Pareidolia Test (NPT) was proposed as a possible surrogate marker for VH in DLB patients as increased pareidolic responses correlated with informant-corroborated accoun… Show more

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“…A higher frequency of meaningful coincidences is associated with paranormal beliefs and positive schizotypy [3,4], but at the same time presents its own, distinct characteristics [2,5]. While linked to positive schizotypy and at the extreme, to psychiatric illness of schizophrenia, the experience of illusory connections and meaningful patterns between unrelated events, semantic concepts, and random arrangements (i.e., apophenia, [6]; but see [7] for a critical discussion of pareidolias as a surrogate for visual hallucinations) might also represent a benevolent and useful human trait, which is relevant for creativity [2,[8][9][10].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A higher frequency of meaningful coincidences is associated with paranormal beliefs and positive schizotypy [3,4], but at the same time presents its own, distinct characteristics [2,5]. While linked to positive schizotypy and at the extreme, to psychiatric illness of schizophrenia, the experience of illusory connections and meaningful patterns between unrelated events, semantic concepts, and random arrangements (i.e., apophenia, [6]; but see [7] for a critical discussion of pareidolias as a surrogate for visual hallucinations) might also represent a benevolent and useful human trait, which is relevant for creativity [2,[8][9][10].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%