Grants per year
Personal profile
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
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The Development of Relational Processing in Infancy
Forbus, K. D., Gentner, D. & Hespos, S. J.
8/15/17 → 7/31/21
Project: Research project
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Exploring the Spatial Alignment Hypothesis in STEM Learning Environments
WestEd, Institute of Education Sciences
8/1/17 → 7/31/21
Project: Research project
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Investigating the Origin and Development of Analogical Processing
7/1/14 → 6/30/18
Project: Research project
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An Analogical Approach to Autonomy and Social Inference in a Cognitive Architecture
9/1/13 → 8/31/19
Project: Research project
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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
Research Output
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Learning same and different relations: cross-species comparisons
Gentner, D., Shao, R., Simms, N. & Hespos, S. J., Feb 2021, In: Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 37, p. 84-89 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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The origins of same/different discrimination in human infants
Hespos, S. J., Gentner, D., Anderson, E. & Shivaram, A., Feb 2021, In: Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 37, p. 69-74 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Analogical Comparison Promotes Theory-of-Mind Development
Hoyos, C., Horton, W. S., Simms, N. K. & Gentner, D., Sep 1 2020, In: Cognitive Science. 44, 9, e12891.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Relational labeling unlocks inert knowledge
Jamrozik, A. & Gentner, D., Mar 2020, In: Cognition. 196, 104146.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Scopus citations -
Spatial alignment facilitates visual comparison
Matlen, B. J., Gentner, D. & Franconeri, S. L., May 1 2020, In: Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance. 46, 5, p. 443-457 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations