Causal knowledge plays a crucial role in human thought, but the nature of causal
representation and inference remains a puzzle. Can human causal inference be captured by …

Psychological essentialism is the hypothesis that humans represent some categories as
having an underlying essence that unifies members of a category and is causally …

The causal view of categories assumes that categories are represented by features and their
causal relations. To study the effect of causal knowledge on categorization, researchers …

People may conceptualize certain categories as held together by a category‐specific
“essence”—some unobservable, critical feature that causes the external features of a …

The emergence of Bayesian causal models has had an enormous influence on how
researchers understand people's processing of probabilistic information, providing a …

People tend to think that the function intended by an artifact's designer is its real or proper
function. Relatedly, people tend to classify artifacts according to their designer's intended …

Many category learning experiments use supervised learning (ie, trial-by-trial feedback).
Most of those procedures use deterministic feedback, teaching participants to classify …

Many category learning experiments use supervised learning (ie, trial-by-trial feedback).
Most of those procedures use deterministic feedback, teaching participants to classify …

Over the last 20 years, causal-model theory has produced much knowledge about causal-
based categorization. However, persistent violations to the normative causal-model theory …