Comments on: Your face in every flower http://mindhacks.com/2011/08/14/your-face-in-every-flower/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Mon, 20 May 2013 15:51:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Victoria http://mindhacks.com/2011/08/14/your-face-in-every-flower/#comment-21059 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:48:22 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=19186#comment-21059 I experience pareidolia as well as cartocacoethes fairly often, but not particularly related to being in love. Then again, I know some who do. As in “doesn’t that crack in the sidewalk look just my boyfriend’s profile!’ (Or the street map of his neighborhood, depnding on how obsessed they are.:P )

]]> By: Alix http://mindhacks.com/2011/08/14/your-face-in-every-flower/#comment-21038 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:50:41 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=19186#comment-21038 This whole post seems like an example of perceptual bias.
IMO, the song simply refers to the fact that when someone is newly infatuated with another human being, literally *everything* — no matter how innocuous– reminds them of the object of that infatuation.
No fancy labels necessary.

]]> By: James http://mindhacks.com/2011/08/14/your-face-in-every-flower/#comment-21029 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:08:44 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=19186#comment-21029 Slight reductionist explanation don’t you think? The lyrics point to seeing the object of love in every flower, not just entertaining one that could resemble the Virgin Mary. And she’s not seeing the formation of eyes through a celestial pattern, its the glimmer of stars in general. The word I would use to describe the singer’s experience is Love, but if you can think of a better term for the notion then let me know.

]]> By: S. Albuquerque http://mindhacks.com/2011/08/14/your-face-in-every-flower/#comment-21011 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 01:27:41 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=19186#comment-21011 *were

]]> By: S. Albuquerque http://mindhacks.com/2011/08/14/your-face-in-every-flower/#comment-21010 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 01:18:33 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=19186#comment-21010 I love that one.

There where then so many metaphors about the stars and the moon.

]]> By: Jake Shannon http://mindhacks.com/2011/08/14/your-face-in-every-flower/#comment-21009 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:36:10 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=19186#comment-21009 Yes, apophenia was coined by a Nazi psychiatrist to label those with a penchant for making Type I errors (false positives). I couldn’t find a label for those with a penchant for making Type II errors (false negatives) so I coined the term “periphenia” in my 2009 book ‘Anomaly’. *shrugs

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