Editing Illusory correlation (section)

===Age===
Johnson and Jacobs (2003) performed an experiment to see how early in life individuals begin forming illusory correlations. Children in grades 2 and 5 were exposed to a typical illusory correlation paradigm to see if negative attributes were associated with the minority group. The authors found that both groups formed illusory correlations.<ref name=Johnston>{{cite journal|last1=Johnston|first1=Kristen E.|last2=Jacobs|first2=Janis E.|title=Children's Illusory Correlations: The Role of Attentional Bias in Group Impression Formation|journal=Journal of Cognition and Development|volume=4|issue=2|year=2003|pages=129–160|doi=10.1207/S15327647JCD0402_01|s2cid=143983682 }}</ref>

A study also found that children create illusory correlations.  In their experiment, children in grades 1, 3, 5, and 7, and adults all looked at the same illusory correlation paradigm.  The study found that children did create significant illusory correlations, but those correlations were weaker than the ones created by adults.  In a second study, groups of shapes with different colors were used. The formation of illusory correlation persisted showing that social stimuli are not necessary for creating these correlations.<ref name=Primi>{{cite journal|last1=Primi|first1=Caterina|last2=Agnoli|first2=Franca|title=Children correlate infrequent behaviors with minority groups: a case of illusory correlation|journal=Cognitive Development|volume=17|issue=1|year=2002|pages=1105–1131|doi=10.1016/S0885-2014(02)00076-X}}</ref>