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Direct linkOberle, Crystal D.; McBeath, Michael K.; Madigan, Sean C.; Sugar, Thomas G. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2005
This research introduces a new naive physics belief, the Galileo bias, whereby people ignore air resistance and falsely believe that all objects fall at the same rate. Survey results revealed that this bias is held by many and is surprisingly strongest for those with formal physics instruction. In 2 experiments, 98 participants dropped ball pairs…
Descriptors: Physics, Cognitive Processes, Influences, Bias
