Relations as transformations: implications for analogical reasoning |
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Authors: | Leech Robert Mareschal Denis Cooper Richard P |
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a University of London, London, UK |
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Abstract: | We present two experiments assessing whether the size of a transformation instantiating a relation between two states of the world (e.g., shrinks) is a performance factor affecting analogical reasoning. The first experiment finds evidence of transformation size as a significant factor in adolescent analogical problem solving while the second experiment finds a similar effect on adult analogical reasoning using a markedly different analogical completion paradigm. The results are interpreted as providing evidence for the more general framework that cognitive representations of relations are best understood as mental transformations. |
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