Causal judgments in complex situations (Exp 1)
Participants watched short billiard-ball collision clips varying in complexity (2 to 12 balls) and, for each clip, judged whether-causation: would Ball B have gone through the gate if Ball A had not been present? Responses were given on a 0-100 slider (definitely not to definitely yes).
Causal ReasoningCounterfactual ReasoningPhysical Reasoning
Study metadata
- Authors
- Lu, X., Bechlivanidis, C., Gerstenberg, T.
- Source
- Lu, X., Bechlivanidis, C., & Gerstenberg, T. (2026). Causal judgments in complex situations. PsyArXiv. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/y3ehr_v1
- Slug
- lu2026complex-exp1