Human-like face pareidolia emerges in deep neural networks optimized for face and object recognition

• Pranjul Gupta ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: pgupta013@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Psychology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1458-3759

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• Katharina Dobs

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Experimental Psychology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany, Center for Mind, Brain, and Behavior, Universities of Marburg, Giessen and Darmstadt, Marburg, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6619-5590

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