@misc{cogprints5659, volume = {27}, title = {An Experimental Research on Causal Illusion (in Chinese)}, author = {Z. F. Shao and J. Zhao}, year = {2004}, pages = {107--110}, journal = {Psychological Science}, keywords = {delay, causal illusion, superstition, illusion of control}, url = {http://cogprints.org/5659/}, abstract = {The research examined humans? causal attribution of response-outcome under controllable and uncontrollable conditions respectively and attempted to find out whether providing appropriate external cues could be beneficial to them in making accurate judgments. The results indicate: 1) under controllable conditions, the delay of feedback might lead to causal illusion; 2) under uncontrollable conditions, the subjects developed superstition and illusion of control rather than helplessness; 3) providing appropriate external cues helped the subjects eliminate their former established causal illusion.} }