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Advances in Analogy Research: Integration of Theory and Data from the Cognitive, Computational, and Neural Sciences
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Abstract : The Final Proceedings for International Workshop on Advances in Analogy Research. Topics include: (1) Artificial Intelligence, (2) Computational Modeling, (3) Cognitive Psychology, (4) Developmental Psychology, (5) Neuropsych...
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On the combinatorial semantics of noun pairs: Minor and major adjustments
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The process of conceptual combination involves accessing two or more concepts and, determining how they fit dogether to form a new concept. In a sense, conceptual combination is very broad in scope, involved in many situations in natura...
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Systematicity as a Selection Constraint in Analogical Mapping
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Analogy is often viewed as a partial similarity match between domains. But not all partial similarities qualify as analogy: There must be some selection of which commonalities count. Three experiments tested a particular selection const...
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Similarity-based cognitive architecture
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Similarity permeates human cognition. There is evidence that objects are categorized based partly on similarity to previous category members and that the likelihood of transfer is governed by the similarity between the original and curr...
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The Roles of Similarity in Transfer: Determinants of Similarity-Based Reminding and Mapping
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Abstract : Similarity is generally agreed to be important in transfer. But recent research suggests that its role(s) are more complex than was originally thought. The present research attempts to isolate and compare the determinants of ...
Publication · 3d