Causing effects are behaviours connected to the sensorimotor information that aroused attention. Causing effects includes explicit descriptions of mental control of physical actions, the manipulation of material objects, and the use of hand and power tools. The connection between the cue and the behaviour can be predicted by the content of the information, i.e. it tastes good and licking their lips.
Causing effects also follows a development sequence: i.e. grasp, grasp and release, using a dominant hand, using a non-dominant hand as an anchor, tools with various forms of grasp and pinch, eye hand coordination, bilateral hand coordination, and fine motor coordination. Within ACL 5, the effects are compared, improved, remembered, and anticipated.
To observe the mental processing of causing an effect, the observer must be in a position to see the movements of the person's eyes and hands simultaneously.