A new study provides evidence that our causal assumptions shape our perceptions of the temporal order in which we experience events occurring. The findings, which have been published in the journal Psychological Science, shed light on the influence of causality on time perception. “Initially we became interested in backwards causation, and whether, under some circumstances, people can perceive causes happening after their effects, such as when praying or hoping for an outcome for something that has already occurred,” explained study author Christos Bechlivanidis, an associate professor at Univ…
