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Bechlivanidis, C., Buehner, M. J., Tecwyn, E. C., Lagnado, D. A., Hoerl, Christoph and McCormack, Teresa (2022) Human vision reconstructs time to satisfy causal constraints. Psychological Science, 33 (2). pp. 224-235. doi:10.1177/09567976211032663
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976211032663
Abstract
The goal of perception is to infer the most plausible source of sensory stimulation. Unisensory perception of temporal order, however, appears to require no inference, because the order of events can be uniquely determined from the order in which sensory signals arrive. Here, we demonstrate a novel perceptual illusion that casts doubt on this intuition: In three experiments (N = 607), the experienced event timings were determined by causality in real time. Adult participants viewed a simple three-item sequence, ACB, which is typically remembered as ABC in line with principles of causality. When asked to indicate the time at which events B and C occurred, participants’ points of subjective simultaneity shifted so that the assumed cause B appeared earlier and the assumed effect C later, despite participants’ full attention and repeated viewings. This first demonstration of causality reversing perceived temporal order cannot be explained by postperceptual distortion, lapsed attention, or saccades.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Psychological Science | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1467-9280 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | February 2022 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 33 | ||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 224-235 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/09567976211032663 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | Posted ahead of print. Bechlivanidis C, Buehner MJ, Tecwyn EC, Lagnado DA, Hoerl C, McCormack T. Human Vision Reconstructs Time to Satisfy Causal Constraints. Psychological Science. January 2022.Copyright © 2022 (Copyright Holder). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. DOI: 10.1177/09567976211032663 Users who receive access to an article through a repository are reminded that the article is protected by copyright and reuse is restricted to non-commercial and no derivative uses. | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
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