Albert Michotte

Albert Michotte was a Belgian psychologist renowned for his research on perception and how we interpret motion and causality. He studied how people perceive the connection between objects and their interactions, such as understanding that one object moving towards another suggests a cause-and-effect relationship. His experiments revealed that our sense of causality arises from observing specific visual cues, rather than relying on prior knowledge. Michotte’s work significantly advanced the understanding of perceptual processes and the way humans interpret the world around them, especially regarding the perception of motion and causal relationships.