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Excessive teleological thinking is driven by aberrant associations and not by failure of reasoning

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 fun...

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Autores principales: Ongchoco, Joan Danielle K., Castiello, Santiago, Corlett, Philip R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10495659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37705957
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107643