Causal judgments in complex situations (Exp 2)
Participants watched short billiard-ball collision clips varying in complexity (2 to 12 balls) and, for each clip, judged how-causation: did Ball A influence how Ball B went through the gate (via direct contact or a chain of collisions)? Responses were given on a 0-100 slider (definitely not to definitely yes).
Causal ReasoningPhysical ReasoningVideo
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-exp2