TY - GEN
T1 - Elements of a rational framework for continuous-time causal induction
AU - Pacer, Michael
AU - Griffiths, Thomas L.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments. This work was supported by a Berkeley Fellowship awarded to MP and grant number FA-9550-10-1-0232 from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
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PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Temporal information plays a major role in human causal inference. We present a rational framework for causal induction from events that take place in continuous time. We define a set of desiderata for such a framework and outline a strategy for satisfying these desiderata using continuous-time stochastic processes. We develop two specific models within this framework, illustrating how it can be used to capture both generative and preventative causal relationships as well as delays between cause and effect. We evaluate one model through a new behavioral experiment, and the other through a comparison to existing data.
AB - Temporal information plays a major role in human causal inference. We present a rational framework for causal induction from events that take place in continuous time. We define a set of desiderata for such a framework and outline a strategy for satisfying these desiderata using continuous-time stochastic processes. We develop two specific models within this framework, illustrating how it can be used to capture both generative and preventative causal relationships as well as delays between cause and effect. We evaluate one model through a new behavioral experiment, and the other through a comparison to existing data.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84878772962
T3 - Building Bridges Across Cognitive Sciences Around the World - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2012
SP - 833
EP - 838
BT - Building Bridges Across Cognitive Sciences Around the World - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2012
A2 - Miyake, Naomi
A2 - Peebles, David
A2 - Cooper, Richard P.
PB - The Cognitive Science Society
T2 - 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Building Bridges Across Cognitive Sciences Around the World, CogSci 2012
Y2 - 1 August 2012 through 4 August 2012
ER -