Noun
pattern recognition (uncountable)
The recognition of patterns and regularities in data.
My own field, pattern recognition... is the fundamental capability of the human brain. We can't think fast enough to logically analyze situations quickly, so we rely on our powers of pattern recognition. Ray Kurzweil
Left hemisphere industrialism has blinded the Chinese to the effects of our alphabet: pattern recognition is in the right hemisphere. Marshall McLuhan
We have no future because our present is too volatile. We have only risk management. The spinning of the given moment's scenarios. Pattern recognition. William Gibson
Storytelling is ultimately a creative act of pattern recognition. Through characters, plot and setting, a writer creates places where previously invisible truths become visible. Or the storyteller posits a series of dots that the reader can connect. Douglas Coupland