Why do we see faces everywhere?
Media reports on Katharina Dobs' research into optical illusions in daily life, using the example of coffee foam.
We see faces everywhere in everyday life, even where there aren't any, for example in the foam of coffee, on tree trunks or in the clouds. Why we humans have the ability to recognise eyes, mouths and sometimes even noses in a wide variety of objects has not yet been clarified. Katharina Dobs suspects that this sensory illusion, known as face pareidolia, is based on the fact that our brain has perfected two skills at the same time: recognising faces on the one hand and classifying objects on the other.
