Theory-Based Causal Induction

Psychological Review

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 661-716

  Griffiths, Thomas L ^a   Tenenbaum, Joshua B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian modeling; causal induction; intuitive theories; rational analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTUITION; LEARNING; LOGIC; OBSERVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BAYES THEOREM; CAUSALITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INTUITION; LOGIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBSERVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 70350458126     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017201     Document Type: Article

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