The development of causal induction

归纳推理的能力是有效学习和决策的必要先决条件。 归纳思维也与创造力和创新密切相关。 通过更好地了解这种推理是如何发展的，我们将有助于提高帮助儿童学习和完善归纳推理技能的技术，并将为开发程序提供基础，以帮助在归纳推理和概括方面有特殊问题的儿童（即自闭症或智力残疾的儿童）。

An ability to reason inductively is an essential prerequisite for effective learning and decision-making. Inductive thinking is also closely related to creativity and innovation. By acquiring a better understanding of how such reasoning develops we will contribute to the enhancement of techniques that help children to learn and refine inductive reasoning skills, and will provide a foundation for the development of programs to assist children who have particular problems in inductive reasoning and generalisation (i.e. those with autism or an intellectual disability).