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Using structural alignment to facilitate learning of spatial concepts in an informal setting
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We tested whether analogical processes can be harnessed to help children learn in a complex, naturalistic learning situation. Specifically, we asked whether a brief analogical training experience could help children learn a key principl...
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Inference processes in causal analogies
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In recent papers, Lee & Holyoak (2007, 2008a, 2008b) argue that extant models of analogy fail to explain how people draw inferences from causal analogies. In the current research, we argue that structure-mapping theory sufficiently expl...
Publication · 5d
Relational Language Helps Children Reason Analogically
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Relational Language Helps Children Reason Analogically Dedre Gentner ([email protected]) Department of Psychology, Northwestern University 2029 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 USA Nina Simms ([email protected]) Departm...
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Relational language and inhibitory control in the development of analogical ability
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This paper explores the role of relational language and inhibitory control in the development of children’s analogical reasoning ability. In two experiments, children were asked to make a relational mapping between two pictures while ig...
Publication · 5d
Effects of Language and Similarity on Comparison Processing
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What factors promote conceptual (deep) processing in young children? In this research we examine two factors that seem likely to invite a focus on important conceptual information. The first is comparison processing: comparisons (such a...
Publication · 5d