Learning about causal relations that change over time: primacy and recency over long timeframes in causal judgments and memory

Abstract Being able to notice that a cause–effect relation is getting stronger or weaker is important for adapting to one’s environment and deciding how to use the cause in the future. We conducted an experiment in which participants learned about a cause–effect relation that either got stronger or...

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Published in:Cognitive Research
Main Authors: Benjamin M. Rottman, Yiwen Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-02-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-025-00614-9