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Gao, Tao; Newman, George E.; Scholl, Brian J. – Cognitive Psychology, 2009
Psychologists have long been captivated by the perception of animacy--the fact that even simple moving shapes may appear to engage in animate, intentional, and goal-directed movements. Here we report several new types of studies of a particularly salient form of perceived animacy: "chasing", in which one shape (the "wolf") pursues another shape…
Descriptors: Cues, Inferences, Case Studies, Research Methodology