Science Says This Is The Sure-Fire Way To Tell If You're Neurotic

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Pareidolia is the tendency to see faces in inanimate objects. And science seems to think that if you have this tendency, you're most likely neurotic.

In a new study, Norimichi Kitagawa of the NNT Communication Laboratory in Tokyo and his colleagues designed an experiment to test whether one's personality traits and emotional state could affect the tendency to experience Pareidolia. 

They also tested the characteristics of pareidolic images, to see if people's experiences might predict their personality and emotional state.

The study participants were shown a sheet of paper with random dots on it, and then were asked what, if any, shapes they saw. Before the connect-the-dots tasks, all the participants took a survey to assess their personality types and current moods.

After analyzing the results, the researchers found that people who scored higher in neuroticism, and those in bad moods, were more likely to see faces in the dots.

I'm not a scientist, but seeing faces in things shows an artistic and creative mind. Also, once you start really looking at things, you can see faces in almost everything.

Check out some of the pictures from the Facespics Instagram. They're incredible!

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