Illusion of meaning: Why do we Find Meaning in Meaningless Objects?

Authors

  • Artyom Karabanov Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russia
  • Mikhail Varenov Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russia
  • Anastasia Grebenevich-Voronina Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54359/ps.v15i82.1083

Abstract

The current paper is aimed to investigate the illusory meaning perception under sense of loose control. The basic associated phenomena such as false image detecting, finding meaning in meaningless sentences and trust in trivial personality-related statements are overviewed. The similarity of these phenomena, as well as their mechanisms are discussed. The empirical results of two studies are provided. We tested the hypothesis suggesting similarity of false meaning perception on stimuli of different kind. In both studies the impact of sense of loose control on increasing the effect of false meaning perception (sensitivity to bullshit) was examined. According to the results, no evidence for similarity of regarded phenomena were obtained. The insufficiency of available evidence for similarity of different kinds of illusory meaning perception phenomena is discussed.

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Author Biographies

  • Artyom Karabanov, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russia
    Senior Lecturer, Psychology Department, Institute for Social Sciences, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, prospekt Vernadskogo, 82-84, 119571 Moscow, Russia.
  • Mikhail Varenov, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russia

    Student, Psychology Department, Institute for Social Sciences, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, prospekt Vernadskogo, 82-84, 119571 Moscow, Russia.

  • Anastasia Grebenevich-Voronina, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russia

    Student, Psychology Department, Institute for Social Sciences, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, prospekt Vernadskogo, 82-84, 119571 Moscow, Russia.

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Published

2022-04-30

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 82 (2022)

Section

Pre-registration study

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Copyright (c) 2022 Артем Карабанов, Михаил Варенов, Анастасия Гребеневич-Воронина

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How to Cite

Karabanov, A., Varenov, M., & Grebenevich-Voronina, A. (2022). Illusion of meaning: Why do we Find Meaning in Meaningless Objects?. Psychological Studies, 15(82), 2. https://doi.org/10.54359/ps.v15i82.1083