Singular clues to causality and their use in human causal judgment

Cognitive Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-75

  White, Peter A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal perception; Causal reasoning; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSAL PERCEPTION; CAUSAL REASONING; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY;

CAUSAL PERCEPTION; CAUSAL REASONING; PSYCHOLOGY;

HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84892986665     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12075     Document Type: Article

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