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Visual causal impressions in the perception of several moving objects

White, Peter Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9080-6678 2005. Visual causal impressions in the perception of several moving objects. Visual Cognition 12 (2) , pp. 395-404. 10.1080/13506280444000436

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Abstract

Several kinds of visual causal impressions occur when people observe stimuli involving objects in motion. It is hypothesized that these impressions occur when the visual system avoids coincidences by matching the observable kinematic features of the stimulus to a template of a physical mechanism. This was tested by constructing a stimulus in which several spatially separated objects move in a coordinated manner. Variations on this stimulus were constructed such that some were inconsistent with a possible physical mechanism that could explain the motions of the objects and others were consistent with it. Mechanism‐inconsistent variations yielded significantly lower ratings of the causal impression and mechanism‐consistent variations did not, supporting the hypothesis. Misperceptions of features of the stimulus were also reported by a majority of participants, and the nature of these misperceptions is also consistent with the hypothesis that the stimulus is interpreted as a representation of a kind of physical mechanism.

Item Type: Article
Status: Published
Schools: Psychology
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISSN: 1350-6285
Last Modified: 20 Oct 2022 09:36
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/32592

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