Mechanism family · v2 taxonomy
Perception & patterns
Patterns involving perceptual interpretation, agency detection, and seeing structure in ambiguous input.
Reviewed mapping
8 canonical entries currently belong to this family.
This hub combines direct category mappings with record-level reviews. Duplicate aliases and ambiguous entries stay outside the family discovery layer.
ApopheniaClustering Illusion – when randomness looks like a patternthe tendency to overestimate the importance of small streaks, clusters, or runs in large sets of random data.Read entry ApopheniaIllusory Correlation – when you see a connection that isn’t therethe tendency to see a relationship between unrelated things.Read entry ApopheniaPareidolia – when your brain sees patterns that aren’t therethe tendency to perceive random images or sounds as meaningful.Read entry Cognitive BiasProportionality Bias – when big events must have big causesthe tendency to assume that big events must have equally big causes, even when they don’t.Read entry Perception BiasTachypsychia – when time slows down or speeds up in extreme situationsa shift in time perception under stress, fear, or intense concentration.Read entry Cognitive BiasTeleological Bias – when you see purpose where there is nonethe tendency to assign purpose or intention to events and objects, even when they arise randomly or without deliberate design.Read entry Perception BiasTravis Syndrome – when the present seems more significant than any other timethe tendency to overestimate the significance of the present while underestimating the past.Read entry Cognitive BiasWeber–Fechner Law – when small differences in big numbers go unnoticedFechner Law – the difficulty in noticing small changes when dealing with large quantities.Read entry
