Face cells encode object parts more than facial configuration of illusory faces

Abstract Humans perceive illusory faces in everyday objects with a face-like configuration, an illusion known as face pareidolia. Face-selective regions in humans and monkeys, believed to underlie face perception, have been shown to respond to face pareidolia images. Here, we investigated whether pa...

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Main Authors: Saloni Sharma, Kasper Vinken, Akshay V. Jagadeesh, Margaret S. Livingstone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54323-w
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