Illusory perception of visual patterns in pure noise is associated with COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs.

IF 2.4 4区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL
Matthias Hartmann, Petra Müller
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Abstract

Just as perceptual heuristics can lead to visual illusions, cognitive heuristics can lead to biased judgements, such as "illusory pattern perception" (i.e., seeing patterns in unrelated events). Here we further investigated the common underlying mechanism behind irrational beliefs and illusory pattern perception in visual images. For trials in which no object was present in the noise, we found that the tendency to report seeing an object was positively correlated with the endorsement of both COVID-19 specific conspiracy theories and paranormal beliefs. The present results suggest that the cognitive bias to see meaningful connections in noise can have an impact on socio-political cognition as well as on perceptual decision making.

Abstract Image

在纯噪音中对视觉模式的错觉感知与COVID-19阴谋论有关。
正如知觉启发法可以导致视觉错觉一样,认知启发法可以导致有偏见的判断,比如“错觉模式感知”(即,在不相关的事件中看到模式)。本研究进一步探讨了视觉图像中非理性信念和错觉模式感知的共同潜在机制。对于噪音中没有物体存在的试验,我们发现报告看到物体的倾向与对COVID-19特定阴谋论和超自然信仰的认可呈正相关。本研究结果表明,在噪音中看到有意义联系的认知偏差会影响社会政治认知和感性决策。
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I-Perception
I-Perception PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-
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