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Research Interests
Learning and Thinking; Analogy, Similarity and Metaphor; Concepts and Conceptual Structure; Language and Cognition; Language Acquisition; Cross-linguistic Studies.
Education/Academic qualification
Psychology, PhD, University of California, San Diego
… → 1974
Physics, BA, University of California, Berkeley
… → 1967
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Grants 2001 2021
Exploring the Spatial Alignment Hypothesis in STEM Learning Environments
WestEd, Institute of Education Sciences
8/1/17 → 7/31/21
Project: Research project
learning environment
university teacher
visualization
student
education
Investigating the Origin and Development of Analogical Processing
7/1/14 → 6/30/18
Project: Research project
infant
language
ability
learning
learning prerequisite
An Analogical Approach to Autonomy and Social Inference in a Cognitive Architecture
9/1/13 → 5/31/19
Project: Research project
Symbolic Supercomputer for Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Modeling Research
Forbus, K. D., Gentner, D. & Hinrichs, T. R.
6/15/12 → 6/14/14
Project: Research project
Spatial Intelligence Learning Center (SILC)
Ankenman, B. E., Forbus, K. D., Franconeri, S., Gentner, D., Hedges, L. V., Hespos, S. J., Hinrichs, T. R., Rapp, D. N., Sageman, B. B., Sageman, B. B., Sherin, B. L. & Uttal, D. H.
Temple University, National Science Foundation
10/1/11 → 9/30/18
Project: Research project
Research Output 1975 2019
Explanation recruits comparison in a category-learning task
Edwards, B. J., Williams, J. J., Gentner, D. & Lombrozo, T., Apr 1 2019, In : Cognition. 185, p. 21-38 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Learning
learning
experiment
Self Report
Category Learning
Finding the middle: Spatial language and spatial reasoning
Simms, N. K. & Gentner, D., Apr 1 2019, In : Cognitive Development. 50, p. 177-194 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Language
Learning
Analogical reasoning
Gentner, D. & Maravilla, F., 2018, International Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning. Ball, L. J. & Thompson, V. A. (eds.). Routledege, p. 186-203 18 p. (Routledge International Handbooks).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Comparison within pairs promotes analogical abstraction in three-month-olds
Anderson, E. M., Chang, Y. J., Hespos, S. J. & Gentner, D., Jul 1 2018, In : Cognition. 176, p. 74-86 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
abstraction
Learning
infant
learning
evidence
Analogical abstraction in three-month-olds
Anderson, E. M., Chang, Y. J., Hespos, S. J. & Gentner, D., 2017, 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2017): Computational Foundations of Cognition. Gunzelmann, G., Howes, A., Tenbrink, T. & Davelaar, E. (eds.). Cognitive Science Society, p. 1544-1549 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution