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Dedre Gentner

  • 13668 Citations
1975 …2021

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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

Exploring the Spatial Alignment Hypothesis in STEM Learning Environments

Forbus, K. D. & Gentner, D.

WestEd, Institute of Education Sciences

8/1/17 → 7/31/21

Project: Research project

    • Investigating the Origin and Development of Analogical Processing

    Gentner, D. & Hespos, S. J.

    National Science Foundation

    7/1/14 → 6/30/18

    Project: Research project

    • An Analogical Approach to Autonomy and Social Inference in a Cognitive Architecture

    Forbus, K. D. & Gentner, D.

    Office of Naval Research

    9/1/13 → 8/31/19

    Project: Research project

    Symbolic Supercomputer for Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Modeling Research

    Forbus, K. D., Gentner, D. & Hinrichs, T. R.

    Office of Naval Research

    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

    Relational labeling unlocks inert knowledge

    Jamrozik, A. & Gentner, D., Mar 2020, In : Cognition. 196, 104146.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • 1 Scopus citations

    Cognitive Science Is and Should Be Pluralistic

    Gentner, D., Oct 1 2019, In : Topics in Cognitive Science. 11, 4, p. 884-891 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

    • 2 Scopus citations

    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

    • 2 Scopus citations

    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

    • 1 Scopus citations

    Metaphoric extension, relational categories, and abstraction

    Gentner, D. & Asmuth, J., Nov 26 2019, In : Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. 34, 10, p. 1298-1307 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

    • 5 Scopus citations