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How and why to focus on causality in teaching human physiology

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Essential to critical thinking skill development in human physiology students is a focus on the causal relationships between sequential elements of physiological processes. Causality is essential to our predictive abilities within complex systems. In essence, physiological sequences should be explained as a series of logical "triads" (stimulus causally linked to effect). This helps limit the short-term memory load, enhancing the storage of long-term memory and the formation of essential cognitive architecture required for critical thinking.

Source: AJP Advances in Physiology Education

DOI: 10.1152/advan.00186.2025

Authors: E. P. Silldorff, G. D. Robinson

Institutions: Fisher College, Towson University

Language: English

Topic: Education and Critical Thinking Development

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4414800369

FWCI: 9.825

Cites: 36

Cited by: 3

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