Illusory causation: Why It occurs

Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 299-305

  Lassiter, G Daniel ^a   Geers, Andrew L ^b   Munhall, Patrick J ^a   Ploutz Snyder, Robert J ^c   Breitenbecher, David L ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; PERCEPTION; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ADULT; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036636982     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2002..x     Document Type: Article

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