D. Gentner

Most-cited papers

Analogy and Abstraction
D. Gentner, C. Hoyos
2017Topics in Cognitive Science190 citations Open access
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Extending SME to Handle Large-Scale Cognitive Modeling
Kenneth D. Forbus, Ronald W. Ferguson, A. Lovett, D. Gentner
2017Cognitive Sciences161 citations
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Language Helps Children Succeed on a Classic Analogy Task
S. Christie, D. Gentner
2014Cognitive Sciences139 citations Open access
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Language as cognitive tool kit: How language supports relational thought.
D. Gentner
2016American Psychologist111 citations Open access
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Prelinguistic Relational Concepts: Investigating Analogical Processing in Infants.
Alissa L. Ferry, Susan J. Hespos, D. Gentner
2015Child Development99 citations Open access
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On the acquisition of abstract knowledge: structural alignment and explication in learning causal system categories.
Micah B. Goldwater, D. Gentner
2015Cognition95 citations
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Rapid Learning in a Children's Museum via Analogical Comparison
D. Gentner, Susan C. Levine, Raedy M. Ping, Ashley R. Isaia +3 more
2016Cognitive Sciences73 citations
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Drawing on Experience: How Domain Knowledge Is Reflected in Sketches of Scientific Structures and Processes
Benjamin D. Jee, D. Gentner, David H. Uttal, B. Sageman +5 more
2014Research in Science Education59 citations Open access
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Metaphoric extension, relational categories, and abstraction
D. Gentner, Jennifer Asmuth
201955 citations
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Understanding Micronesian Navigation
D. Gentner, A. Stevens
201449 citations
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Analogical Processes in Language Learning
B. Pajak, Micah B. Goldwater, D. Gentner, Adele E. Goldberg +1 more
2015Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society47 citations
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Relational Categories are More Mutable than Entity Categories
Jennifer Asmuth, D. Gentner
2017Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology39 citations
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Relational labeling unlocks inert knowledge.
Anja Jamrozik, D. Gentner
2019Cognition38 citations Open access
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Comparison within pairs promotes analogical abstraction in three-month-olds.
Erin M. Anderson, Yin-Juei Chang, Susan J. Hespos, D. Gentner
2018Cognition38 citations Open access
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Explanation recruits comparison in a category-learning task.
B. Edwards, J. Williams, D. Gentner, T. Lombrozo
2019Cognition36 citations
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Sensitivity to Relational Si milarity and Object Similarity in Apes and Children Highlights
S. Christie, D. Gentner, Josep, Call +1 more
201635 citations
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Finding the middle: Spatial language and spatial reasoning
N. Simms, D. Gentner
2019Cognitive development32 citations
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Analogical Processes in Children’s Understanding of Spatial Representations
Lei Yuan, David H. Uttal, D. Gentner
2017Developmental Psychology32 citations Open access
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Cognitive Science Is and Should Be Pluralistic
D. Gentner
2019Topics in Cognitive Science30 citations
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Spatial alignment facilitates visual comparison.
Bryan J. Matlen, D. Gentner, S. Franconeri
2020Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance28 citations
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Why do metaphors seem deeper than similes?
S. Zharikov, D. Gentner
2019Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society25 citations Open access
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Generating explanations via analogical comparison
C. Hoyos, D. Gentner
2017Psychonomic Bulletin & Review25 citations Open access
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Analogy Generation in Science Experts and Novices
Micah B. Goldwater, D. Gentner, N. LaDue, J. Libarkin
2021Cognitive Sciences23 citations Open access
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Incremental Structure-Mapping
Kenneth D. Forbus, Ronald W. Ferguson, D. Gentner
2019Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society23 citations Open access
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Spatial analogies pervade complex relational reasoning: Evidence from spontaneous gestures
Kensy Cooperrider, D. Gentner, S. Goldin-Meadow
2016Cognitive Research23 citations Open access
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Learning same and different relations: cross-species comparisons
D. Gentner, Ruxue Shao, N. Simms, Susan J. Hespos
2021Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences22 citations Open access
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The career of measurement.
Kensy Cooperrider, D. Gentner
2019Cognition18 citations Open access
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The Role of Difference-Detection in Learning Contrastive Categories
L. Smith, D. Gentner
2014Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society18 citations
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Well-Hidden Regularities: Abstract Uses of in and on Retain an Aspect of Their Spatial Meaning
Anja Jamrozik, D. Gentner
2015Cognitive Sciences17 citations
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The paradox of relational development: Could language learning be (temporarily) harmful?
C. Hoyos, Ruxue Shao, D. Gentner
2016Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society14 citations
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The origins of same/different discrimination in human infants
Susan J. Hespos, D. Gentner, Erin M. Anderson, Apoorva Shivaram
2021Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences12 citations Open access
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Structure-Mapping Processes Enable Infants’ Learning Across Domains Including Language
Susan J. Hespos, Erin M. Anderson, D. Gentner
202011 citations
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Analogical Comparison Promotes Theory-of-Mind Development
C. Hoyos, W. Horton, N. Simms, D. Gentner
2020Cognitive Sciences9 citations Open access
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Analogical comparison aids false belief understanding in preschoolers
C. Hoyos, W. Horton, D. Gentner
2015Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society7 citations
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Children’s Early Spontaneous Comparisons Predict Later Analogical Reasoning Skills: An Investigation of Parental Influence
Catriona Silvey, D. Gentner, L. Richland, S. Goldin-Meadow
2023Open Mind6 citations Open access
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Spatial supports for comparison in educational science images
Benjamin D. Jee, Bryan J. Matlen, M. Greenlaw, N. Simms +1 more
2022Instructional Science6 citations Open access
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Spatial Alignment Facilitates Visual Comparison in Children
Y. Zheng, Bryan J. Matlen, D. Gentner
2022Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society6 citations Open access
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Verb Metaphoric Extension Under Semantic Strain
Daniel C. King, D. Gentner
2021Cognitive Sciences6 citations Open access
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Perceptual alignment contributes to referential transparency in indirect learning.
Ruxue Shao, D. Gentner
2022Cognition5 citations Open access
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Effects of Comparison and Explanation on Analogical Transfer
B. Edwards, J. Williams, D. Gentner, T. Lombrozo
2014Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society5 citations
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Mechanisms of Spatial Learning: Teaching Children Geometric Categories
L. Smith, Raedy M. Ping, Bryan J. Matlen, Micah B. Goldwater +2 more
2014Spatial Cognition5 citations
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Simulating Infant Visual Learning by Comparison: An Initial Model
Kezhen Chen, Kenneth D. Forbus, D. Gentner, Susan J. Hespos +1 more
2020Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society4 citations
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Symmetry: Low-level visual feature or abstract relation?
Ruxue Shao, D. Gentner
2019Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society4 citations
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Children's spontaneous comparisons from 26 to 58 months predict performance in verbal and non-verbal analogy tests in 6th grade
Catriona Silvey, D. Gentner, L. Richland, S. Goldin-Meadow
2017Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society4 citations
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Sensitivity to Relational Similarity and Object Similarity in Apes and Children.
Stella Christie, D. Gentner, J. Call, D. Haun
2016Current Biology4 citations Open access
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The Structure-Mapping Engine: A Multidecade Interaction Between Psychology and Artificial Intelligence
D. Gentner, Kenneth D. Forbus
2025Current Directions in Psychological Science3 citations
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When do Children Pass the Relational-Match-To-Sample Task?
Apoorva Shivaram, Ruxue Shao, N. Simms, Susan J. Hespos +1 more
2023Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society3 citations
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Verb Metaphors are Processed as Analogies
Daniel C. King, D. Gentner
2023Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society3 citations
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No evidence for language benefits in infant relational learning
Erin M. Anderson, Yin-Juei Chang, Susan J. Hespos, D. Gentner
2021Infant Behavior and Development3 citations Open access
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Simulating Similarity-Based Retrieval: A Comparison of ARCS and MAC/FAC
K. Law, Kenneth D. Forbus, D. Gentner
2019Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society2 citations Open access
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