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SUBMITTER: Ongchoco JDK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10495659 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ongchoco Joan Danielle K JDK Castiello Santiago S Corlett Philip R PR
iScience 20230815 9
Teleological thought - the tendency to ascribe purpose to objects and events - is useful in some cases (encouraging explanation-seeking), but harmful in others (fueling delusions and conspiracy theories). What drives excessive and maladaptive teleological thinking? In causal learning, there is a fundamental distinction between associative learning versus learning via propositional mechanisms. Here, we propose that directly contrasting the contributions of these two pathways can elucidate the roo ...[more]