Architecture of Explanatory Inference in the Human Prefrontal Cortex

Causal reasoning is a ubiquitous feature of human cognition. We continuously seek to understand, at least implicitly and often explicitly, the causal scenarios in which we live, so that we may anticipate what will come next, plan a potential response and envision its outcome, decide among possible c...

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Main Authors: Aron eBarbey, Richard ePatterson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00162/full