Original paper
Does Causality Matter More Now? Increase in the Proportion of Causal Language in English Texts
Abstract
The vast majority of the work on culture and cognition has focused on cross-cultural comparisons, largely ignoring the dynamic aspects of culture. In this article, we provide a diachronic analysis of causal cognition over time. We hypothesized that the increased role of education, science, and technology in Western societies should be accompanied by greater attention to causal connections. To test this hypothesis, we compared word frequencies in...
Paper Details
Title
Does Causality Matter More Now? Increase in the Proportion of Causal Language in English Texts
Published Date
Mar 18, 2016
Journal
Volume
27
Issue
5
Pages
635 - 643
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