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Illusory Causation and Illusory Correlation

Two Epistemological Accounts

Leslie Zebrowitz McArthur

Brandeis University

Illusory causation and illusory correlation, two phenomena which have been observed both in object perception and in person perception, are discussed together with various explanations for these effects. It is proposed that the perception of salient stimuli as causal ma}' reflect the way in which the perceiver picks up information about the environment and that the perception of salient stimuli as correlated may reflect the perceiver's attunement to particular environmental invariants. Research evidence consistent with these propositions is reviewed, and research which would more directly test them is suggested.

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 4, 507-519 (1980)
DOI: 10.1177/014616728064003
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