scholarly journals Time and Singular Causation—A Computational Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Stephan ◽  
Ralf Mayrhofer ◽  
Michael R. Waldmann
Keyword(s):  
Computational Model ◽  
Singular Causation

scholarly journals The interplay between covariation, temporal, and mechanism information in singular causation judgments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Stephan ◽  
Michael R. Waldmann
Keyword(s):  
Computational Model ◽  
Causal Attribution ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Spatiotemporal Location ◽  
The Past ◽  
Singular Causation ◽  
Causal Judgments ◽  
Causal Strength ◽  
Causal Cognition ◽  
Psychological Studies

Most psychological studies on causal cognition have focused on how people make predictions from causes to effects or how they assess causal strength for general causal relationships (e.g., “smoking causes cancer”). In the past years, there has been a surge of interest in other types of causal judgments, such as diagnostic inferences or causal selection. Our focus here is on how people assess singular causation relations between cause and effect events that occurred at a particular spatiotemporal location (e.g., “Mary’s having taking this pill caused her sickness.”). The analysis of singular causation has received much attention in philosophy, but relatively few psychological studies have investigated how lay people assess these relations. Based on the power PC model of causal attribution proposed by Cheng and Novick (2005), we have developed and tested a new computational model of singular causation judgments integrating covariation, temporal, and mechanism information. We provide an overview of this research and outline important questions for future research.

scholarly journals Preemption in Singular Causation Judgments: A Computational Model

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 242-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Stephan ◽  
Michael R. Waldmann
Keyword(s):  
Computational Model ◽  
Singular Causation

Inference making and memory for text: A computational model

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Van Den Broek ◽  
Yuhtsuen Tzeng ◽  
Sandy Virtue ◽  
Tracy Linderholm ◽  
Michael E. Young
Keyword(s):  
Computational Model ◽  
Inference Making ◽  
Memory For Text

Computational Model of Novel Popout

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Johnston ◽  
Kevin J. Hawley ◽  
James M. Farnham
Keyword(s):  
Computational Model
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