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Direct linkMozzer, Nilmara Braga; Justi, Rosaria – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
Analogies are parts of human thought. From them, we can acquire new knowledge or change that which already exists in our cognitive structure. In this sense, understanding the analogical reasoning process becomes an essential condition to understand how we learn. Despite the importance of such an understanding, there is no general agreement in…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Creativity, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures
Stephen, Damian G.; Dixon, James A.; Isenhower, Robert W. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2009
Explaining how the cognitive system can create new structures has been a major challenge for cognitive science. Self-organization from the theory of nonlinear dynamics offers an account of this remarkable phenomenon. Two studies provide an initial test of the hypothesis that the emergence of new cognitive structure follows the same universal…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Scientific Concepts, Problem Solving, Cognitive Psychology
