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    "title": "Inferring causal structure and hidden causes from event sequences",
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    "abstract": "Past research has shown that people use temporal information to detect and discriminate between different causal\nrelationships and that timing-based causal inferences are modulated by explicit information and domain-appropriate expectations.\nMany of these past results suggest that learners make inferences about hidden causes from timing information, but there\nhave been no systematic studies of the ways in which subtle changes in temporal information can shape inferences about the\npresence and nature of hidden causes. We present new results showing that people make nuanced causal inferences when faced\nwith streams of events, using temporal information to infer the presence of simple generative relationships, independent and\ncommon hidden causes, and causal cycles. Interpreted in a Bayesian framework, these results shed light on the cues and tacit\ntemporal expectations that people use to make efficient use of temporal information.",
    "language": "eng",
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        {
            "first_name": "Christopher",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Lucas",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Edinburgh",
            "department": ""
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        {
            "first_name": "Kenneth",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Holstein",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Carnegie Mellon University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Michael",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Pacer",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of California, Berkeley",
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    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2015-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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