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Thomas L Griffiths1, Joshua B Tenenbaum

  • 1Department of Psychology, Stanford University, USA. Tom_Griffiths@brown.edu

Cognitive Psychology
|September 20, 2005
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We introduce causal support, a new model for understanding causal structure in elemental causal induction. This model better explains how people learn cause-effect relationships than existing methods like DeltaP and causal power.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Psychology
  • Artificial Intelligence

Background:

  • Elemental causal induction involves learning cause-effect relationships.
  • Existing models like DeltaP and causal power focus on causal strength, not structure.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a framework for rational analysis of elemental causal induction.
  • To distinguish between causal structure and causal strength.
  • To introduce a new model, causal support, for assessing causal structure.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing causal graphical models.
  • Introducing the causal support model.
  • Conducting experiments to test causal support predictions.

Main Results:

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  • Causal support accurately assesses causal structure, unlike DeltaP and causal power.
  • Causal support explains phenomena not accounted for by other models, including base-rate interactions and sample size effects.
  • Causal support provides a superior fit to existing datasets.

Conclusions:

  • Causal support offers a more comprehensive account of elemental causal induction.
  • The framework distinguishes between causal structure and strength, advancing the field.