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Why do metaphors seem deeper than similes?
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Why do metaphors seem deeper than similes? Sergey S. Zharikov ([email protected]) Northwestern University, Department of Psychology, 2029 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208 USA Dedre Gentner ([email protected]) Northweste...
Publication · October 16, 2024
Symmetry: Low-level visual feature or abstract relation?
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We traced the development of sensitivity to symmetric relational patterns by creating a symmetry match-to-sample task. Children saw a symmetric standard made up of two shapes and choose between two novel alternatives: a symmetric pair a...
Publication · October 16, 2024
Metaphoric extension, relational categories, and abstraction
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ABSTRACT We propose that concepts exist along a continuum of abstraction, from highly concrete to highly abstract, and we explore a critical kind of abstract category: relational abstractions. We argue that these relational categories e...
Publication · October 16, 2024
The Coherence Imbalance Hypothesis: A Functional Approach to Asymmetry in Comparison
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Directional asymmetry is a well-documented phenomenon in research on similarity, metaphor, and analogy. In . this paper, we present an account of this phenomenon based on structural alignment . We propose that a major source of asymmetr...
Publication · October 16, 2024
Simulating Similarity-Based Retrieval: A Comparison of ARCS and MAC/FAC
Publication · October 16, 2024