The Perception of “Intelligent” Design in Visual Structure
Many objects in our visual environment will appear to us either as a consequence of “intelligent” design—the purposeful action of an animal mind—or as a consequence of self-organization in response to nature's forces—for example, wind or gravity. Here, the origin of this distinction is studied...
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| description | Many objects in our visual environment will appear to us either as a consequence of “intelligent” design—the purposeful action of an animal mind—or as a consequence of self-organization in response to nature's forces—for example, wind or gravity. Here, the origin of this distinction is studied by collecting human judgements about skeletal representations of objects, that reduce objects to their basic visual structure. The results suggest that humans attribute an animate origin to visual objects with basic structures exhibiting straight lines and right angles. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c6076645b75841768668ecb549a2f5da2022-12-22T02:57:41ZengSAGE Publishingi-Perception2041-66952022-01-011310.1177/20416695221080184The Perception of “Intelligent” Design in Visual StructureFilipp Schmidt0Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen, GermanyMany objects in our visual environment will appear to us either as a consequence of “intelligent” design—the purposeful action of an animal mind—or as a consequence of self-organization in response to nature's forces—for example, wind or gravity. Here, the origin of this distinction is studied by collecting human judgements about skeletal representations of objects, that reduce objects to their basic visual structure. The results suggest that humans attribute an animate origin to visual objects with basic structures exhibiting straight lines and right angles.https://doi.org/10.1177/20416695221080184 |
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