Illusions of causality: How they bias our everyday thinking and how they could be reduced

Illusions of causality: How they bias our everyday thinking and how they could be reduced

Illusions of causality occur when people develop the belief that there is a causal connection between two events that are actually unrelated. Such illusions have been proposed to underlie pseudoscience and superstitious thinking, sometimes leading to disastrous consequences in relation to critical l...

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Main Authors: Helena eMatute, Fernando eBlanco, Ion eYarritu, Marcos eDiaz-Lago, Miguel A. Vadillo, Itxaso ebarberia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
causal learning
cognitive biases
illusion of control
illusion of causality
scientific thinking
Scientific methods
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00888/full

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