This is a series of entries under "The Science of Paranormal". If this is your first time reading this please click on the link and follow this form the beginning. Thanks.
Recognition, Faces and Reality.
We have the ability to pick out and recognize 1 face in a crowd. We also can see that same face in the contents of a toilet before it's flushed. Or in a poorly lit camera shot in an old building. Our brains are pre programmed to pick out the features that make up a face. In fact this pre programming ( instinct ) is so powerful the subject could be completely abstract and still acceptable as a face. Need an example? Bugs Bunny, Tweedy Bird and the Grinch. Even if it doesn't have two eyes a nose and a mouth. Optimus Prime and all the cars in the movie ' Cars'.
When investigating it's important to know that what you see isn't always real. Knowing and understanding how the brain works is very important.
