Causal Networks or Causal Islands? The Representation of Mechanisms and the Transitivity of Causal Judgment.

Causal Networks or Causal Islands? The Representation of Mechanisms and the Transitivity of Causal Judgment.
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10.1111/cogs.12213
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2015-09
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2.5
通讯作者:
Ahn WK
Ahn WK
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心理学3区
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Johnson SG;Ahn WK

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