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Dedre Gentner

  • 13376 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 2001 2021

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

learning environment
university teacher
visualization
student
education

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

infant
language
ability
learning
learning prerequisite

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 1975 2019

1 Citation (Scopus)

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

The career of measurement

Cooperrider, K. & Gentner, D., Oct 1 2019, In : Cognition. 191, 103942.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

dictionary
career
Intuition
intuition
Artifacts

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

2 Citations (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