Analogical Minds Seminar
Analogical Minds Seminar
Recordings of previous seminars can be viewed via the links below or on our YouTube channel here.
Recordings of previous seminars can be viewed via the links below or on our YouTube channel here.
Spring 2023 Series
Roots of Analogy
Prof Edward Wasserman, University of Iowa - Recording here
Mechanisms of relational structure mapping across analogy tasks
Dr Adam Chuderski, Jagiellonian University - Recording here
Implications of Vector-space models of Relational Concepts
Dr Priya Kalra, Western University - Recording here
Applying Structural Alignment theory to Early Verb Learning
Prof Jane Childers, Trinity University - Recording here
Multimodal Blending
Prof Seana Coulson, University of California, San Diego - Recording here
Analogical inference in mathematics: from epistemology to the classroom and back
Dr Francesco Nappo & Dr Nicolò Cangiotti, Politecnico di Milano - Recording here
Cognitive supports for analogical reasoning in rational number understanding
Dr Shuyuan Yu, Carleton University - Recording here
Verb metaphors are processed as analogies
Daniel King, Northwestern University - Recording here
Autumn 2022 Series
Analogy and Spatial Cognition: How and why they matter for STEM learning
Prof David Uttal (Northwestern University) - Recording here
Is Theory of Mind Analogical? Evidence from the Analogical Theory of Mind cognitive model
Dr Irina Rabkina, Occidental College - Recording here
AI-assisted language learning: assessing learners who memorize and reason by analogy
Dr Pierre-Alexandre Murena, University of Helsinki - Recording here
Learning Relational Rules from Rewards
Dr Guillermo Puebla, University of Bristol - Recording here
Navigating Increasing Levels of Relational Complexity: Perceptual, Analogical, and System Mappings
Dr Matthew J. Kmiecik, NorthShore University HealthSystem and University of Chicago - Recording here
Learning by Analogy in Mathematics
Dr Pooja Sidney, University of Kentucky - Recording here
Do large language models solve verbal analogies like children do?
Dr Claire Stevenson, University of Amsterdam - Recording here
The impact of analogical learning approaches on mathematics education
Dr Bing Ngu, University of New England - Recording here
Modeling metaphor and its comprehension via analogy
Prof Gerard Steen, University of Amsterdam - Recording here
Analogies between exemplars of schema-governed categories
Dr Ricardo Minervino, National University of Comahue - Recording here
Summer 2022 Series
Children’s inference in learning word meanings: Inductive, analogical and abductive inference
Prof Mutsumi Imai (Keio University) - Recording here
How communication networks promote cross-cultural similarities: The Case of Category Formation
Dr Douglas Guilbeault (University of California, Berkeley) - Recording here
Where do problem spaces come from? On metaphors and representational change
Benjamin Angerer (Osnabrück University) - Recording here
From the Didactic to the Heuristic Use of Analogies in Science Teaching
Dr Nikolaos Fotou (University of Lincoln) - Recording here
Semantic Distance and Beyond: Interacting Predictors of Verbal Analogy Performance
Dr Lara Jones (Wayne State University) - Recording here
How Children Discover Mathematical Structure through Relational Mapping
Prof Kelly Mix (University of Maryland) - Recording here
Exploration-Based Approach for Computationally Supported Design-by-Analogy
Dr Hyeonik Song (Texas A&M University) - Recording here
Analogy Use in Parental Explanation
Yang Gao (Tsinghua University) - Recording here
Analogical retrieval across disparate task domains
Dr Shir Dekel (The University of Sydney) - Recording here
Spring 2022 Series
Do we reason differently about affectively charged analogies? Insights from EEG research
Dr Yanick Leblanc-Sirois (Université Laval) - Recording here
Analogical Reasoning with Neuro-Symbolic AI
Hiroshi Honda (Keio University) - Recording here
Implementing structure mapping as a prior in deep learning models for abstract reasoning
Shashank Shekhar (University of Guelph) - Recording here
Do Capuchin Monkeys, Chimpanzees and Children form Overhypotheses from Minimal Input? A Hierarchical Bayesian Modelling Approach
Dr Elisa Felsche (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) - Recording here
Symposium on cross-cultural research in analogical reasoning
Dr Stella Christie (Tsinghua University), Dr Lindsey Richland (University of California Irvine), Dr Daniel Casasanto (Cornell University) & Dr Caren Walker (University of California San Diego) - Recording here
Assessing the potential for learning analogy problem-solving: does EF play a role?
Dr Bart Vogelaar (Leiden University) - Recording here
Differences between beginning and advanced students using specific analogical stimuli during design-by-analogy
Dr Han Lu (Tongji University)
A new experimental paradigm to study analogy transfer
Dr Théophile Bieth (Sorbonne University) - Recording here
Autumn 2021 Series
Analogical Reasoning Plus: Why Dissimilarities Matter
Prof Patricia Alexander (University of Maryland) - Recording here
Beyond the binding problem: From basic affordances to symbolic thought
Prof John Hummel (University of Illinois) - Recording here
Analogy and ethics: opportunities at the intersection
Prof Jeffrey Loewenstein (University of Illinois) - Recording here
Children's relational noun generalization strategies
Eleanor Stansbury (Université de Bourgogne) - Recording here
A Theory of Human Visual Reasoning
Ekaterina Shurkova (University of Edinburgh) - Recording here
A Functional Approach to Analogical Reasoning in Scientific Practice
Dr Yafeng Shan (University of Kent) - Recording here
Abstraction doesn't happen all at once (despite what some models of concept learning suggest)
Dr Micah Goldwater (University of Sydney) - Recording here
Novel word generalization in comparison designs: How do young children align stimuli when they learn object nouns and relational nouns?
Prof Jean-Pierre Thibaut (Université de Bourgogne) - Recording here
Spatial alignment supports visual comparisons
Dr Nina Simms (Northwestern University) - Recording here
Scaffolding up from Social Interactions: A proposal of how social interactions might shape learning across development
Dr Sarah Gerson (Cardiff University)
Understanding and Enhancing Creative Analogical Reasoning
Robert Cortes (Georgetown University) - Recording here
Summer 2021 Series
Analogical reasoning and metaphor processing in autism: Similarities and differences
Dr Kinga Morsanyi (Loughborough University) - Recording here
Task relationships, task transformations, and analogies
Dr Andrew Lampinen (DeepMind) - Recording here
How Can Cognitive-Science Research Help Improve Education? The Case of Comparing Multiple Strategies to Improve Mathematics Learning and Teaching
Prof Bethany Rittle-Johnson (Vanderbilt University) - Recording here
Analogies in motor learning - acquisition and refinement of movement skills
Oryan Zacks (Tel Aviv University) - Recording here
The impact of co-speech gesture on children’s analogical reasoning ability and visual attention
Katharine Guarino (Loyola University Chicago)
Investigating the representational format of abstract relations in infancy
Dr Jean-Remy Hochmann (French National Centre for Scientific Research) - Recording here
A role for cognitive maps in metaphor and analogy?
Dr Roberto Bottini (University of Trento) - Recording here
Probabilistic Analogical Mapping with Semantic Relation Networks
Prof Hongjing Lu (University of California, Los Angeles) - Recording here
Zero-shot visual reasoning with semantic mapping
Dr Taylor Webb (University of California, Los Angeles) - Recording here
Analogical encodings and recodings
Prof Emmanuel Sander (University of Geneva) - Recording here
Achieving Abstraction: Early Competence & the Role of the Learning Context
Dr Caren Walker (University of California San Diego) - Recording here
Conceptual Change Induced by Analogical Reasoning Sparks “Aha!” Moments
Christine Chesebrough (Drexel University) - Recording here
Spring 2021 Series
Using Context and Comparison to Constrain the Construction of New Descriptions During Open-Ended Induction
Prof Robert Goldstone (Indiana University) - Recording here
Analogy as a Catalyst for Cumulative Cultural Evolution
Dr Lotty Brand (University of Sheffield) - Recording here
Cross Domain Generalisation in Humans and Machines
Dr Alex Doumas (University of Edinburgh) - Recording here
One Instructional Sequence Fits All? A Conceptual Analysis of the Applicability of Concreteness Fading
Dr Tommi Kokkonen (University of Helsinki) & Prof Lennart Schalk (PH Schwyz) - Recording here
Analogy Across Modality: Analogical Mapping Across Sensory and Information Modalities and Evidence for a General Analogical Reasoning Factor
Dr Adam Weinberger (Georgetown University) - Recording here
Early Diversity in Abstract Thought: Context Shapes the Developmental Trajectory of Relational Reasoning
Dr Alex Carstensen (Stanford University) - Recording here
Relational Reasoning in Context: First Steps Toward Situating Relational Reasoning Relative to Other Cross-Cultural Differences
Anjie Cao (Stanford University)
Grounded Language Learning and Analogy: A Developmental Pathway to Human-Like Intelligence in Machines
Dr Felix Hill (DeepMind)
Retrieving Distant Analogs vs. Surface Matches in the Lab and in the Wild
Dr Máximo Trench (National University of Comahue)
Transient Neural Activation of Abstract Relations on an Incidental Analogy Task
Prof Silvia Bunge (UC Berkley) - Recording here
Autumn 2020 Series
Abstract Semantic Relations in Mind, Brain, and Machines
Prof Keith Holyoak (UCLA) - Recording here
Abstraction and Analogy in Natural and Artificial Intelligence
Prof Melanie Mitchell (Santa Fe Institute) - Recording here
Priming, Pressure, and Learning by Analogy
Dr Lindsey Richland (University of California Irvine) - Recording here
Using Developmental Trajectories to Understand Change in Children’s Analogical Reasoning Ability
Matthew Slocombe (Birkbeck, University of London) - Recording here
Analogies, Games and the Learning of Mathematics
Dr Jairo A. Navarrete (O'Higgins University) - Recording here
A New Spin on the Day/Night Cycle: Relational Scaffolding Enhances Children’s Understanding of Scientific Models
Dr Florencia Anggoro (College of the Holy Cross) & Dr Benjamin Jee (Worcester State University)
A Connectionist Account of Analogy-Making
Dr Ivan Vankov (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) - Recording here
The Structural Anchoring of Spontaneous Analogies
Lucas Raynal (Cergy-Pontoise University) & Dr Katarina Gvozdic (University of Geneva) - Recording here
Making Neural Nets Simple Enough to Succeed at Universal Relational Generalization
Prof Kenneth Kurtz (Binghamton University) - Recording here
Toward a Remedy for Inert Knowledge: Evaluating Different Facets of Category Status for Promoting Spontaneous Transfer
Sean Snoddy (Binghamton University) - Recording here
Infant Relational Learning: Interactions With Visual and Linguistic Factors
Dr Erin Anderson (Indiana University, Bloomington) - Recording here
Preschoolers' Comprehension of Functional Metaphors
Rebecca Zhu (University of California, Berkeley) - Recording here
Space for Thinking: Spatial Reference Frames and Abstract Concepts
Dr Ariel Starr (University of Washington) - Recording here
Summer 2020 Series
Relational Reasoning in Curricular Knowledge Components
Dr Priya Kalra (University of Wisconsin–Madison) - Recording here
Analogy in Cognitive Architecture
Prof Kenneth D. Forbus (Northwestern University) - Recording here
Relational Reasoning and the Behavioural and Neural Correlates of Science and Maths Reasoning in Adolescence
Dr Iroise Dumontheil (Birkbeck, University of London)
Higher-Order Cognition Depends on Mutual Bootstrapping between Analogical Processing and Language
Prof Dedre Gentner (Northwestern University)
Anecdotal thinking in health and business: analogies to avoid?
Dr Micah Goldwater (The University of Sydney)
Predicting Patterns of Similarity Among Abstract Semantic Relations
Nick Ichien (UCLA) - Recording here
Analogical Reasoning and Executive Functions: A Life Span Approach
Prof Jean-Pierre Thibaut (University of Burgundy) - Recording here
Examining Memory Accessibility to Relevant Information During Analogical Problem Solving
Dr Tania M. Valle (University of Granada)
Is Rule Learning Like Analogy?
Dr Stella Christie (Tsinghua University) - Recording here