>[!abstract] >Pareidolia is the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one detects an object, pattern, or meaning where there is none. Pareidolia is a specific but common type of [[apophenia]] (the tendency to perceive meaningful connections between unrelated things or ideas) (Wikipedia, 2025). >[!related] >- **North** (upstream): [[Apophenia]] >- **West** (similar): — >- **East** (different): — >- **South** (downstream): —