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Heider-Simmel illusion: a standalone construct

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Heider-Simmelillusion1 CONSTRUCTHeider-Simmel illusionHEIDER · SOCIAL COGNITIVE

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Social cognitive neuroscience

tendency to see simple moving geometric shapes as agents with goals, intentions and social relations.

In social cognitive neuroscience, Heider-Simmel illusion refers to tendency to see simple moving geometric shapes as agents with goals, intentions and social relations. This meaning comes from Heider (1944) in The American Journal of Psychology.[1]

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  1. Heider, F., & Simmel, M. (1944). An Experimental Study of Apparent Behavior. The American Journal of Psychology, 57(2), 243. https://doi.org/10.2307/1416950

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