2つの運動図形のインタラクションの知覚と心的帰属の関係

Abstract

When the motion of geometrical figures was shown to participants, as expected, the high-level perception, such as causality, animacy or intentionality, arose spontaneously (e.g., Heider & Simmel, 1944; Michotte, 1963). In this experiment, I presented the animation in which two circles moved contingently on the computer screen and investigated the difference between the results of similar studies about mental attribution to a single moving figure. Twenty-three university students, who participated individually were asked to rate the degree of mental attribution to the figures on each animation using ten items. In the condition under which one circle kept bouncing without hitting an obstacle and the other exited from the stage, mental attribution was especially provoked. This result is consistent with the previous studies using animation of a single figure.