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Neuropareidolia: diagnostic clues apropos of visual illusions

Overview of attention for article published in Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, December 2009
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Title
Neuropareidolia: diagnostic clues apropos of visual illusions
Published in
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, December 2009
DOI 10.1590/s0004-282x2009000600033
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Authors

Péricles Maranhão-Filho, Maurice B. Vincent

Abstract

Diagnosis in neuroimaging involves the recognition of specific patterns indicative of particular diseases. Pareidolia, the misperception of vague or obscure stimuli being perceived as something clear and distinct, is somewhat beneficial for the physician in the pursuit of diagnostic strategies. Animals may be pareidolically recognized in neuroimages according to the presence of specific diseases. By associating a given radiological aspect with an animal, doctors improve their diagnostic skills and reinforce mnemonic strategies in radiology practice. The most important pareidolical perceptions of animals in neuroimaging are the hummingbird sign in progressive supranuclear palsy, the panda sign in Wilson's disease, the panda sign in sarcoidosis, the butterfly sign in glioblastomas, the butterfly sign in progressive scoliosis and horizontal gaze palsy, the elephant sign in Alzheimer's disease and the eye-of-the-tiger sign in pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegenerative disease.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Korea, Republic of 1 3%
Spain 1 3%
Mexico 1 3%
Unknown 32 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 23%
Researcher 4 11%
Student > Master 4 11%
Student > Postgraduate 3 9%
Professor 3 9%
Other 5 14%
Unknown 8 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 10 29%
Neuroscience 5 14%
Psychology 4 11%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 3%
Other 3 9%
Unknown 11 31%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 May 2023.
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#16,721,717
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Outputs from Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
#720
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#143,194
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Outputs of similar age from Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
#3
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