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dc.contributor.authorMækelæ, Martin Jensen
dc.contributor.authorKreis, Isabel
dc.contributor.authorPfuhl, Gerit
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-30T08:25:03Z
dc.date.available2024-01-30T08:25:03Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-28
dc.description.abstractTeleological reasoning is the tendency for humans to see purpose and intentionality in natural phenomena when there is none. In this study, we assess three competing theories on how bias in reasoning arises by examining performance on a teleological reasoning task while measuring pupil size and response times. We replicate that humans (N=45) are prone to accept false teleological explanations. Further, we show that errors on the teleological reasoning task are associated with slower response times, smaller baseline pupil size, and larger pupil dilations. The results are in line with the single-process extensive integration account and directly oppose predictions from dual-processing accounts. Lastly, by modeling responses with a drift-diffusion model, we find that larger baseline pupil size is associated with lower decision threshold and higher drift rate, whereas larger pupil dilations are associated with higher decision threshold and lower drift rate. The results highlight the role of neural gain and the Locus Coeruleus–Norepinephrine system in modulating evidence integration and bias in reasoning. Thus, teleological reasoning and susceptibility to bias likely arise due to extensive processing rather than through fast and effortless processing.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMækelæ MJ, Kreis IV, Pfuhl G. Teleological reasoning bias is predicted by pupil dynamics: Evidence for the extensive integration account of bias in reasoning. Psychophysiology. 2024en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2236520
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14532
dc.identifier.issn0048-5772
dc.identifier.issn1469-8986
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/32763
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofMækelæ, M.J. (2024). The role of cognitive effort in decision-making and reasoning errors. Reasoning errors: Beyond insufficient effort - implicating the Locus Coeruleus - Norepinephrine system. (Doctoral thesis). <a href=https://hdl.handle.net/10037/33482>https://hdl.handle.net/10037/33482</a>
dc.relation.journalPsychophysiology
dc.relation.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/psyp.14532
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dc.rights.holderCopyright 2024 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)en_US
dc.titleTeleological reasoning bias is predicted by pupil dynamics: Evidence for the extensive integration account of bias in reasoningen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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