The Diagnosis of Mental Disorders Is Influenced by Automatic Causal Reasoning

What is it about?

Causal knowledge has been shown to affect diagnostic decisions. It is unclear, however, how causal knowledge affects diagnosis. We hypothesized that it influences intuitive reasoning processes. Our results suggest that diagnostic judgments rely on automatic reasoning processes based on the computation of causal coherence.

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Why is it important?

Our results may have potential implications for the training of clinicians.