Theory of mind (ToM) reasoning is defined as the ability to reason about another’s internal states, such as beliefs, goals, and desires. It is a major aspect of human social interaction and is mastered by most typically developing children by age five. On the other hand, simulated agents generally lack...
Many theories of categorization have included an intuitive role for our ability to detect and judge similarity. Yet, this important role of similarity processing has been disputed. This research adopts a model of similarity processing through structure mapping (Gentner, 1983) to explore its role in similarity processing and categorization. Relational...
A striking aspect of human cognition is our capacity for acquiring and using complex knowledge structures, from learning the rules of algebra, to understanding the causal workings of a combustion engine or the structure and processes of the U.S. Congress. These structured representations underlie our ability to generate new inferences,...