Dedre Gentner

48.5k citations
272 papers · 26.5k indexed · 9 hit papers · h-index 75
Topics
Child and Animal Learning Development (121 papers)Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (67 papers)Categorization, perception, and language (43 papers)

In The Last Decade

Dedre Gentner

253 papers receiving 22.7k citations

Hit Papers

Structure‐Mapping: A Theoretical Framework for Analogy*19822026199620111983198919971983198910002.0k3.0k

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Dedre Gentner
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  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 12.3k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 9.1k
  • Artificial Intelligence 6.8k
  • Social Psychology 4.1k
  • Education 3.9k
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All Works

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Part-whole categorization is culture-specific.
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Analogical gestures foster understanding of causal systems.
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Analogical comparison aids false belief understanding in preschoolers
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Encoding time and allocation of attention in analogical development
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Computational and Cognitive Aspects of Narrative
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Structural Constraints and Real-World Plausibility in Analogical Inference
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Relational Language Helps Children Reason Analogically
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Models and Analogies in Conceptual Restructuring
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Hidden Structure: Indirect Measurement of Relational Representation
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Does "Different" Imply a Difference? A Comparison of Two Tasks
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Defining structural similarity
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Mundane Comparisons Can Facilitate Relational Understanding
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Factors Involved in the Use of In and On
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Reasoning from shared structure
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Abstraction Processes During Concept Learning: A Structural View
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About Dedre Gentner

Dedre Gentner is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and General Decision Sciences, having authored 272 papers that have together received 26.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Child and Animal Learning Development (121 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (67 papers) and Categorization, perception, and language (43 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental and Educational Psychology (12.3k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (9.1k citations) and General Decision Sciences (579 citations). Dedre Gentner has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Philippines and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Arthur B. Markman, Kenneth D. Forbus, Jeffrey Loewenstein, Brian F. Bowdle, Douglas L. Medin, Leigh Thompson, Laura L. Namy, Brian Falkenhainer, Robert L. Goldstone and Susan Goldin‐Meadow. Their work appears in journals such as Psychological Review, American Psychologist and Child Development.

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