👉 Caudation, also known as "causal analysis," is a method used in psychology and psychiatry to determine the cause or underlying reason for an individual's behavior. It involves examining the relationship between external factors (such as environment, upbringing) and one's own thought patterns and actions, seeking to identify the most likely cause of the observed behavior. In psychoanalytic terms, caudation is a technique used in the analysis of dreams, where the analyst seeks to understand the underlying unconscious motivations