Timescale Bias in the Attribution of Mind Carey （心灵的归属凯里时间表的偏见）.pdf

ATTITUDES AND SOCIAL COGNITION Timescale Bias in the Attribution of Mind Carey K. Morewedge Jesse Preston Princeton University University of Western Ontario Daniel M. Wegner Harvard University In this research, the authors found that people use speed of movement to infer the presence of mind and mental attributes such as intention, consciousness, thought, and intelligence in other persons, animals, and objects. Participants in 4 studies exhibited timescale bias—perceiving human and nonhuman targets (animals, robots, and animations) as more likely to possess mental states when those targets moved at speeds similar to the speed of natural human movement, compared with when targets performed actions at speeds faster or slower than the speed of natural human movement. Keywords: attribution, mind, movement, speed, theory of mind Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone Mind Perception going faster than you is a maniac?—George Carlin The interpretation of other minds is an activity that people What has a mind? Although criteria for deciding on the exis- engage in frequently, for example, in reading facial expressions tence of other minds have been