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Cognitive psychology

analogy as mapping relational structure, rather than surface attributes, from a base domain onto a target.

In cognitive psychology, structure-mapping theory refers to analogy as mapping relational structure, rather than surface attributes, from a base domain onto a target. This meaning comes from Gentner (1983) in Cognitive Science.[1]

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References

Gentner, D. (1983). Structure‐Mapping: A Theoretical Framework for Analogy. Cognitive Science, 7(2), 155-170. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15516709cog0702_3

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