Diversity and Universality in Causal Cognition

• Main Author: Andrea Bender (auth)
• Other Authors: Sieghard Beller (auth), Michael R. Waldmann (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; agency; culture; methods; interdisciplinary approach; language; causal cognition
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Causality is one of the core concepts in any attempt to make sense of the world, and the explanations people come up with shape their judgments, emotions, intentions and actions. This renders causal cognition a core topic for the social as well as the cognitive sciences. In the past, however, resear...