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Splitting the Differences: A Structural Alignment View of Similarity
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The similarity of a pair increases with its commonalities and decreases with its differences (Tversky, 1977, Psychological Review, 79(4), 281-299). This research addresses how the commonalities and differences of a pair are determined. ...
Publication · 3d
MAC/FAC: A Model of Similarity-Based Retrieval
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We present a model of similarity-based retrieval that attempts to capture three seemingly contradictory psychological phenomena: (a) structural commonalities are weighed more heavily than surface commonalities in similarity judgments fo...
Publication · 3d
Incremental Structure-mapping Figure 1 : the Sme Algorithm 2. Issues in Incremental Mapping
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Many cognitive tasks involving analogy, such as understanding metaphors, problem-solving, and learning, require the ability to extend mappings as new information is found. This paper describes a new version of SME, called I-SME, that op...
Publication · 3d
Similarity is like analogy: Structural alignment in comparison
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Similarity is a focal idea in cognitive theory. It is used to help explain conceptual structure, transfer of learning, generalization, and other basic phenomena. Despite its importance no satisfactory process model for similarity has ye...
Publication · 3d
Modeling Qualitative Differences in Symmetry Judgments
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Symmetry perception is an important cognitive process across many areas of cognition. This research explores symmetry as a special case of similarity—self-similarity—and p roposes that qualitative relationships play a role in the early ...
Publication · 3d
Comparison and Categorization in the Development of Relational Similarity
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4 experiments investigated the development of children's ability to recognize perceptual relational commonalities such as symmetry or monotonicity. In Experiment 1, 6- and 8-year-olds were able to recognize higher-order relational simil...
Publication · 3d