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A quick way to check relationships in our curated graph. It's not a complete causal engine, but it helps identify known paths. The URL updates automatically, so you can easily share your exact query.

If I changewhat happens to

Smoke

The observed link is labeled smoke: confounding, not a mechanism.

1 path of length ≤ 4 connect the two nodes. No shared ancestor was found in a depth-3 backdoor scan. This is a pedagogical first-pass, not a full application of Pearl's do-calculus. It reports what the curated graph can and cannot support.

Net sign: no signed effect. A rise in Expansive posture (power pose) does not identify a change in Testosterone.

Two minutes in a stance does not identify an androgen change. The larger RCTs are nulls. The TED talk is not a protocol.

Expansive posture (power pose) (0) → Testosterone

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What Causes What. “The observed link is labeled smoke: confounding, not a mechanism..” https://whatcauseswhat.org/inquire?from=power-pose&to=testosterone (atlas updated 2026-09-02).

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