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Patricia W. Cheng

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33

Publications

5.5K

Citations

25

H-Index

1984

Active since

Affiliations

University of California, Los Angeles(Current)

Carnegie Mellon University

Vanderbilt University

University of Michigan

California Department of Education

Patricia W. Cheng is an author at University of California, Los Angeles specializing in social sciences, cognitive science, and causal inference.

Top concepts

Social SciencesCognitive ScienceCausal InferenceExperimental PsychologyCausal ReasoningPsychologyPublic HealthBiasCognitionBehavioral Decision Making

Publications per year

1984–2010

33

Publications

33

Pragmatic reasoning schemas

Patricia W. Cheng, Keith J. Holyoak · Cognitive Psychology · 1985 · 1.5K citations

Reasoning System, Automated Reasoning, Defeasible Logic +3

From covariation to causation: A causal power theory.

Patricia W. Cheng · Psychological Review · 1997 · 1.1K citations

Perception, Causal Power Theory, Causal Relation Extraction +16

Pragmatic versus syntactic approaches to training deductive reasoning

Patricia W. Cheng, Keith J. Holyoak, Richard E. Nisbett et al. · Cognitive Psychology · 1986 · 488 citations · Full text

Syntax, Deductive Method, Reasoning System +6

A probabilistic contrast model of causal induction.

Patricia W. Cheng, Laura R. Novick · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1990 · 240 citations

Behavioral Decision Making, Causal Attribution, Irrational Biases +17

A probabilistic contrast model of causal induction.

Patricia W. Cheng, Laura R. Novick · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1990 · 235 citations

Cognitive Science, Engineering, Causal Induction +8

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