Conceptualization and operationalization of executive function

P Baggetta, PA Alexander - Mind, Brain, and Education, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Executive function is comprised of different behavioral and cognitive elements and is
considered to play a significant role in learning and academic achievement. Educational …

Analogical reasoning

D Gentner, F Maravilla - International handbook of thinking …, 2017 - api.taylorfrancis.com
11 ANALOGICAL REASONING Page 1 186 Author note This research was supported by a
grant to the senior author from the Office of Naval Research; award number N00014-16-1-2613 …

Desarrollo de funciones ejecutivas, de la niñez a la juventud

JC Flores, RE Castillo-Preciado… - Anales De Psicología …, 2014 - revistas.um.es
Las funciones ejecutivas se encuentran entre los procesos más complejos del humano; su
desarrollo permite la conformación de diversas capacidades de control, y organización de …

Analogy and abstraction

D Gentner, C Hoyos - Topics in cognitive science, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A central question in human development is how young children gain knowledge so fast. We
propose that analogical generalization drives much of this early learning and allows children …

Improving children's cognitive modifiability by dynamic assessment in 3D Immersive Virtual Reality environments

D Passig, D Tzuriel, G Eshel-Kedmi - Computers & Education, 2016 - Elsevier
Increasing evidence reveals the efficacy of dynamic assessment (DA) procedure in
providing rich and reliable feedback regarding children's cognitive modifiability. The DA …

Early executive function predicts reasoning development

LE Richland, MR Burchinal - Psychological science, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Analogical reasoning is a core cognitive skill that distinguishes humans from all other
species and contributes to general fluid intelligence, creativity, and adaptive learning …

Thematic thinking: The apprehension and consequences of thematic relations

Z Estes, S Golonka, LL Jones - Psychology of learning and motivation, 2011 - Elsevier
A thematic relation is a temporal, spatial, causal, or functional relation between things that
perform complementary roles in the same scenario or event. For example, cows and milk are …

Working memory predicts children's analogical reasoning

NK Simms, RR Frausel, LE Richland - Journal of experimental child …, 2018 - Elsevier
Analogical reasoning is the cognitive skill of drawing relationships between representations,
often between prior knowledge and new representations, that allows for bootstrapping …

Analogical learning and reasoning

D Gentner, LA Smith - 2013 - academic.oup.com
Analogy is a kind of similarity in which the same system of relations holds across different
objects. Analogies thus capture parallels across different situations. When such a common …

General and specialized brain correlates for analogical reasoning: A meta‐analysis of functional imaging studies

L Hobeika, C Diard‐Detoeuf, B Garcin… - Human brain …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Reasoning by analogy allows us to link distinct domains of knowledge and to
transfer solutions from one domain to another. Analogical reasoning has been studied using …