@inproceedings{7b22f5318e6e477490a108317cbc024c,
title = "Modeling Learning of Relational Abstractions via Structural Alignment",
abstract = "Learning abstract relationships is an essential capability in human intelligence. Christie & Gentner (2010) argued that comparison plays a crucial role in such learning. Structural alignment highlights the shared relational structure between compared examples, thereby making it more salient and accessible for subsequent use. They showed that 3-4 year old children who compared examples in a word-extension task showed higher sensitivity to relational structure. This paper shows how a slight extension to an existing analogical model of word learning (Lockwood et al 2008) can be used to simulate their experiments. This provides another source of evidence for comparison as a mechanism for learning relational abstractions.",
author = "Subu Kandaswamy and Forbus, {Kenneth D.}",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center (SILC), an NSF Science of Learning Center, SBE-1041707, and by a grant from the Socio-Cognitive Architectures Program of the Office of Naval Research. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} CogSci 2012.All rights reserved.; 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Building Bridges Across Cognitive Sciences Around the World, CogSci 2012 ; Conference date: 01-08-2012 Through 04-08-2012",
year = "2012",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Building Bridges Across Cognitive Sciences Around the World - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2012",
publisher = "The Cognitive Science Society",
pages = "545--550",
editor = "Naomi Miyake and David Peebles and Cooper, {Richard P.}",
booktitle = "Building Bridges Across Cognitive Sciences Around the World - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2012",
}