Magical thinking can occur when one simply does not understand possible causes, as illustrated by Such a person might well then wear the shirt to subsequent bowling competitions and attribute success to the `lucky' shirt, despite sustaining some tournament losses in addition to victories.
For example, someone who has won a shirt as a prize in a bowling competition may then come to believe this shirt is lucky. Like science, magic is concerned with causal relations, but unlike science, it does not distinguish correlation from causation. In anthropology, psychology and cognitive science magical thinking is causal reasoning that often includes such ideas as the law of contagion, correlation equaling causation, the power of symbols and the ability of the mind to affect the physical world. This banner appears on articles that are weak and whose contents should be approached with academic caution. Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself if you are qualified. This article is in need of attention from a psychologist/academic expert on the subject.
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