Ever spotted a face gazing back from a cloud or tree trunk? Most folks brush it off as a quirky brain trick called face pareidolia. New findings reveal that people with visual snow syndrome live with ...

Many of us are familiar with eye 'floaters' or see odd dots or specks from time to time (ever stood up too quickly and been greeted by a load of silver sparkles? yeah, that) but what about if your ...

When you look at clouds, tree bark, or the front of a car, do you sometimes see a face staring back at you? That’s “face pareidolia” and it is a perfectly normal illusion where our brains spot faces ...

Visual snow is a neurologic condition in which a person’s vision is altered in several ways, chief among them is seeing innumerable small flickering dots where none exist. Researchers have likened the ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sierra Domb, founder and CEO of the Visual Snow Initiative, about her journey with visual-snow syndrome — a neurological condition where people ...

Visual snow syndrome hits folks with a nonstop sprinkle of tiny flickering dots over their entire view, like old TV static that sticks around day and night. This buzz often teams up with light ...