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Can relationality be distinguished from abstractness in noun mutability
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Can Relationality be Distinguished from Abstractness in Noun Mutability? Dedre Gentner ([email protected]) Department of Psychology, Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60208 USA Jennifer A. Asmuth ([email protected]) Depa...
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Analogy as a mechanism of comparison
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When we think of analogies, we often imagine cases where drawing on complex concepts from one domain helps to extend our comprehension of concepts from a different domain. As such, the use of analogies is often associated with creativit...
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Causal Status and Explanatory Goodness in Categorization - eScholarship
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Causal Status and Explanatory Goodness in Categorization Jason Jameson & Dedre Gentner Northwestern University Department of Psychology, 2029 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208 USA psychology, the view that category knowledge comprises im...
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Spatial Language and Landmark Use: Can 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds find the Middle?
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Spatial Language and Landmark Use: Can 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds find the Middle? Nina Simms ([email protected]) Department of Psychology, Northwestern University 2029 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 USA Dedre Gentner (gentner@...
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CogSci 2008 30th Anniversary Symposia - eScholarship
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30 th Anniversary Symposia: Cognitive Science: The Past 30 Years and the Next 30 Years Organizer: Lawrence W. Barsalou Symposium II: Trajectories of Cognitive Science Disciplines The 2008 Conference in Washington DC represents the 30 th...
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Relational language supports relational cognition in humans and apes
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Abstract We agree with Penn et al. that our human cognitive superiority derives from our exceptional relational ability. We far exceed other species in our ability to grasp analogies and to combine relations into higher-order structures...
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