People are generally very good at detecting cause-effect relationships. This ability helps us understand the world, learn, ...

Our main example is a causal relation for the influencing factor ‘reduced coefficient of friction’ and its effect on the Brake-Threat-Number. As availability and quality of data are important to ...

If any causal explanation is correct, then it should be possible to make accurate predictions based on it. Scientific models are often tested by trying to predict future trends or experimental ...

This article discusses the latest research that aims to solve this problem. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison propose a framework named “Missingness-aware Causal Concept Explainer ...

People all over the world believe they've seen or heard a ghost, but there's no scientific evidence for spirits, hauntings or the paranormal. So what's behind these "encounters"?

Coincidences—unexpected confluences of events that seemingly defy probability—captivate people across cultures and ages. New research published in Cognition sheds light on the cognitive mechanisms ...

ABSTRACT: People learn causal relations since childhood using counterfactual reasoning. Counterfactual reasoning uses counterfactual examples which take the form of “what if this has happened ...