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Approximately 50 participants receiving inpatient rehabilitation at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab will be randomly assigned to either a pareidolia intervention group, which will participate in a guided scavenger hunt using nature images containing hidden pareidolic patterns, or a control group that will view similar nature images without searching for hidden shapes. Over a 3-week period, participants will complete 4 to 6 intervention sessions along with pre- and post-study assessments measuring motivation, therapy engagement, mood, anxiety, apathy, and, in some cases, eye-movement patterns. 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