The causal asymmetry.

@article{White2006TheCA,
  title={The causal asymmetry.},
  author={Peter A. White},
  journal={Psychological review},
  year={2006},
  volume={113 1},
  pages={
          132-47
        }
}
  • P. White
  • Published 2006
  • Philosophy
  • Psychological review
It is hypothesized that there is a pervasive and fundamental bias in humans' understanding of physical causation: Once the roles of cause and effect are assigned to objects in interactions, people tend to overestimate the strength and importance of the causal object and underestimate that of the effect object in bringing about the outcome. This bias is termed the causal asymmetry. Evidence for this bias is reviewed in several domains, including visual impressions of causal relations, reasoning… 
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