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Causal agency and the perception of force

In the Michotte task, a ball (X) moves toward a resting ball (Y). In the moment of contact, X stops und Y starts moving. Previous studies have shown that subjects tend to view X as the causal agent (“X launches Y”) rather than Y (“Y stops X”). Moreover, X tends to be attributed more force than Y (fo...

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Autores principales: Mayrhofer, Ralf, Waldmann, Michael R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4887543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26452375
http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-015-0960-y