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Introduction to the special issue on spatial learning and reasoning processes
Publication · October 16, 2024
Computational and Cognitive Aspects of Narrative
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Computational and Cognitive Aspects of Narratives Mark A. Finlayson 1 , Bernhard Fisseni 2,8 , Dedre Gentner 3 , Richard Gerrig 4 , Benedikt L¨owe 5,8 , Jeffrey Loewenstein 6 , Inderjeet Mani 7 , Jan Christoph Meister 8 , R. Michael You...
Publication · October 16, 2024
Structural Alignment in Young Children's Shape Categorization: Different Roles for Learning from Comparisons and Contrasts
Publication · October 16, 2024
Relational Words Have High Metaphoric Potential Semantic Signatures for Example-based Linguistic Metaphor Detection Automatic Metaphor Detection Using Large-scale Lexical Resources and Conventional Metaphor Ex- Traction Cross-lingual Metaphor Detection Using Common Semantic Features Identifying Meta
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ii Introduction Characteristic to all areas of human activity (from poetic to ordinary to scientific) and, thus, to all types of discourse, metaphor becomes an important problem for natural language processing. Its ubiquity in language ...
Publication · October 16, 2024
Comparison and explanation in learning: Children's understanding of a basic engineering principle
Publication · October 16, 2024
Structure Mapping in Visual Comparison: Embodied Correspondence Lines?
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Structure Mapping in Visual Comparison: Embodied Correspondence Lines? Bryan J. Matlen ([email protected]) Department of Psychology, 633 Clark Street Evanston, IL 60208 USA Dedre Gentner ([email protected]) Department...
Publication · October 16, 2024
Comparison as a Route to Insight
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Uno dei processi pi11 rnisteriosi nella cognizione urnana e la scoperta di una conoscenza di cui non eravamo precedentemente consapevoli. Un processo noto per promuovere nuove conoscenze e ii confronto analogico. Le analogie servono spe...
Publication · October 16, 2024
The Role of Comparison in Social Cognition
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The Role of Comparison in Social Cognition Organizers: Christian Hoyos & Dedre Gentner Northwestern University, [email protected], [email protected] Discussant: Theodore Bach Department of Philosophy, Bowling Green State ...
Publication · October 16, 2024
Making sense of the abstract uses of the prepositions in and on
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Making sense of the abstract uses of the prepositions in and on Anja Jamrozik ([email protected]) Dedre Gentner ([email protected]) Department of Psychology, Northwestern University 2029 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60...
Publication · October 16, 2024
Mechanisms of Spatial Learning: Teaching Children Geometric Categories
Publication · October 16, 2024