The challenge is simple:
How many human faces can you find hidden
throughout the tree?
Don’t rush.
Take a few moments and study the entire illustration.
Look at the:
Trunk
Large branches
Smaller branches
Spaces between branches
Shapes formed by leaves and surrounding details
Overall outline of the tree
Some faces may look fairly obvious once you notice them.
Others are much more cleverly incorporated into the artwork.
And here’s the tricky part: once you discover one hidden face, your brain suddenly becomes much better at looking for the others.
Why Are Hidden Faces So Easy to Miss?
Our brains are remarkably
good at recognizing familiar patterns.
A human face is one of those patterns we are especially sensitive to
That’s why we can sometimes see a face in a cloud, a rock formation, a shadow, or even the front of a car.
This tendency is known as pareidolia—the perception of a recognizable image or pattern, particularly a face, in something that doesn’t actually contain one.
