Language helps children succeed on a classic analogy task

Cognitive Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 383-397

  Christie, Stella ^a   Gentner, Dedre ^b  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogy; Cognitive development; Language; Learning

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THINKING;

EID: 84896495472     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12099     Document Type: Article

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