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This photo shows the “puppy mountain” — which went viral over the Internet in China.
The tendency to see a face where none exists in an image is called pareidolia.
Puppy mountain
This mountain is set along the Yangtze River in Yichang, a city in Hubei province in central China.
It resembles resembles a puppy’s head and has become a popular tourist destination
The appearance of the mountain has changed over the years, possibly due to natural erosion and other geographical reasons.
Pareidolia
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.
Common examples include perceived images of animals, faces, or objects in cloud formations
Pareidolia is a type of apophenia
Apophenia is the tendency to perceive meaningful connections between unrelated things.
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