Pareidolia in @entity191 without XXXX : A positron emission tomography study.

@entity1 @entity227 @entity419 @entity303 @entity409 @entity10582 @entity191 @entity1833 @entity1832 @entity413
BACKGROUND: Pareidolia, which is a particular type of complex @entity227 , has been reported to be a phenomenon analogous to @entity1833 in @entity1 with @entity303 with @entity1832 . However, whether pareidolia is observed in @entity191 ( @entity191 ) or whether there are common underlying mechanisms of these two types of @entity227 remains to be elucidated. METHODS: A test to evoke pareidolia, the Pareidolia test, was administered to 53 @entity1 with @entity191 without @entity303 and 24 healthy controls. The regional cerebral metabolic rate of @entity413 was measured using @entity419 positron emission tomography in the @entity191 @entity1 . RESULTS: @entity191 @entity1 without @entity303 produced a greater number of @entity10582 compared with the controls. Pareidolia was observed in all of the @entity1 having @entity1833 as well as a subset of those without @entity1833 . The number of @entity10582 was correlated with hypometabolism in the bilateral temporal, parietal and occipital cortices. The index of @entity1833 was correlated with hypometabolism in the left parietal cortex. A region associated with both pareidolia and @entity1833 was found in the left parietal lobe. CONCLUSIONS: Our study suggests that @entity191 @entity1 without @entity303 experience pareidolia more frequently than healthy controls and that posterior @entity409 could be a common neural mechanism of pareidolia and @entity1833 . Pareidolia could represent subclinical @entity1833 or a predisposition to @entity1833 in @entity1832 .
