cause and effect

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One of the most important advantages of this technology is its ability to help identify cause-and-effect relationships in the brain.

From Science Daily • Feb. 4, 2026

“The Beauty” is baffling at first, and baffling later—the whole cause-and-effect angle regarding the virus/treatment is almost impossible to explain, which means it’s overly obscure and thus mishandled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

To try and shed light on the cause-and-effect relationship, Australian researchers are recruiting 13- to 16-year-olds for a "Connected Minds Study" to assess how the ban affects their wellbeing.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

The observational study did not prove causation, or a direct cause-and-effect relationship, but could only link associations between music and lower dementia risks, Jaffa said.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 5, 2025

We interpret it as a cause-and-effect sequence: she saw the doctor, and that made her depressed.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker