correlational
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The original 2023 study was small and correlational, so it cannot show cause and effect.
From Science Daily ● May 31, 2026
"Although there has been an increase, the majority of work is opportunistic, looking at numbers of visitors and comparing that using correlational methods to animal behaviour," the authors explain.
From Salon ● May 26, 2023
“We only have correlational research to go on, but the pandemic is associated with higher stress levels for sure,” said Mr. Plante, who teaches at Santa Clara University in California.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
The evidence for DMN’s role in creativity had been correlational, but a January 2022 study reported the first direct evidence that the DMN is causally linked to creative thinking.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2023
Consciousness constitutes the reflected or correlational grade of mind: the grade of mind as appearance.
From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
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