Fruit flies presented with stationary patterns perceive illusory motion, similar to humans, and the effect is mediated by motion-detecting neurons in the brain, a study finds. Certain stationary ...

The brain has an astonishing capacity to detect patterns in the world. So much so, that it will often create patterns where none exist. Pareidolia is the tendency to see familiar shapes in random ...

The brain has an astonishing capacity to detect patterns in the world. So much so, it will often create patterns where none exist. Pareidolia is the tendency to see familiar shapes in random objects.