3 papers
cs.SI2026
The Emergence of Causal Curiosity from Prior Causal Belief Networks
Zhuoyu Shi, Xintong Jiang, Bohan Jiang +1
Causal curiosity is foundational to human cognition. It is the desire to understand why events happen, what mechanisms underlie them, and how outcomes can be explained or anticipat…
cs.SI2026
Gender Attribution in Causal Beliefs
Zhuoyu Shi, Fred Morstatter
For centuries, women have been cast as the source of harm in public narratives, from witch hunts in early modern Europe to contemporary stereotypes about emotional instability. The…
cs.SI2026
Causal Language in Post Titles Shapes Deeper Topological Structures of Online Conversations
Zhuoyu Shi, Fred Morstatter
Causal reasoning is fundamental to human understanding and information organization. People prefer causal explanations because they offer coherence, predictability, and a sense of…