No way to start a space program: Associationism as a launch pad for analogical reasoning

Keith J. Holyoak, John E. Hummel

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Abstract

Humans, including preschool children, exhibit role-based relational reasoning, of which analogical reasoning is a canonical example. The "role-less" connectionist model proposed in the target article is only capable of conditional paired-associate learning.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)388-389
Number of pages2
JournalBehavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume31
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2008

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
  • Physiology
  • Behavioral Neuroscience

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