Young children often show a reality bias when thinking about fiction—they say that stories can include realistic events, while rejecting fantastical events. We sought to better understand this bias...

Probability matching and statistical naïveté - Volume 20

Young children often show a reality bias when thinking about fiction—they say that stories can include realistic events, while rejecting fantastical events. We sought to better understand this bias...

Intentionality judgments can depend on probability raising—people are more likely to see a desired outcome as intentional if the agent who produced it…

People often find simple explanations more satisfying than complex ones. Across seven preregistered experiments, we provide evidence that this simplic…