Analogy and Cognition

During the workshop experimental support or rejection of the AMBR model will be discussed. Depending on the interests of the participants this could include topics like: • Context sensitivity of human cognitive processes • Constructive memory • Biases in judgment • Unconscious analogies • How emotions influence analogy-making • Interaction between perception and thinking in the interpretation of ambiguous drawings • Embodied cognition view on analogy The students will participate in active discussions and will be involved in experimental design tasks to test the model predictions. This will include both group work and individual assignments encouraging them to relate the theory with their own research plans. Literature (all optional, depending on the specific interests of the participant) • Kokinov, B., Petrov, A. (2001). Integration of Memory and Reasoning in Analogy-Making: The AMBR Model. In: Gentner, D., Holyoak, K., Kokinov, B. (eds.) The Analogical Mind: Perspectives from Cognitive Science, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. • Kokinov, B., Zareva-Toncheva, N. (2001). Episode Blending as Result of Analogical Problem Solving. In: Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ. • Kokinov, B. (2003). The Mechanisms of Episode Construction and Blending in DUAL and AMBR: Interaction Between Memory and Analogy. In: Kokinov, B., Hirst, W. (ed.) Constructive Memory. Sofia: NBU Press. • Grinberg, M., Kokinov, B. (2003). Analogy-Based Episode Blending in AMBR. In: Kokinov, B., Hirst, W. (ed.) Constructive Memory. Sofia: NBU Press. • Kokinov, B., Hristova, P., Petkov, G. (2004). Does Irrelevant Information Play a Role in Judgment? In: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ. • Petkov, G. & Kokinov, B. (2006). JUDGEMAP - Integration of Analogy-Making, Judgment, and Choice. In: Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ. • Kokinov, B., Raeva, D. (2007). A Cognitive Approach to Context Effects on Individual Decision Making Under Risk. In: Richard Topol and Bernard Walliser (eds.) Cognitive Economics: New Trends (Contributions to Economic Analysis, Volume 280), Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 99-116 • Kokinov, B. (2007). Can Mass Media and the Educational Institutions Change the Entrepreneurial Culture? A Study of How a Single Story Can Change the Risk-Taking Behavior of Individuals. Global Business and Economics Review, vol. 9 (2,3), pp. 286-296. • Feldman. V., Kokinov, B. (2009). Analogical Episodes are More Likely to be Blended than Superficially Similar Ones. In: Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference on Cognitive Science. Lawrence Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ. • Kokinov, B., Bliznashki, S., Kosev, S., Hristova, P. (2007). Analogical Mapping and Perception: Can Mapping Cause a Re-Representation of the Target Stimulus? In: Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ. • Kokinov, B., Vankov, I., Bliznashki, S. (2009). How Analogy Could Force Re-representation of the Target and Inhibition of the Alternative Interpretation. In: Kokinov, B., Holyoak, K., Gentner, D. (eds.). New Frontiers in Analogy Research. Sofia: NBU Press. • Feldman, V., Kokinov, B. (2009). Anxiety Restricts the Analogical Search in an Analogy Generation Task. In: Kokinov, B., Holyoak, K., Gentner, D. (eds.). New Frontiers in Analogy Research. Sofia: NBU Press. • Vankov, I., Kokinov, B. (2009). Grounding Relations in Action. In: Kokinov, B., Holyoak, K., Gentner, D. (eds.). New Frontiers in Analogy Research. Sofia: NBU Press. • Vankov, I., Kokinov, B. (2010). The role of action in perceiving and comparing functional relations. In: Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. • Feldman, V., Hristova, P., Kokinov, B.(2010). How Does Anxiety Influence Analogical Mapping? In: Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. • Hristova, P., Kokinov, B. (2011). Anxiety Fosters Relational Encoding. In: Kokinov, B., Karmiloff-Smith, A., Nersessian, N. (eds.) European Perspectives on Cognitive Science. NBU Press. • Vankov, I., Kokinov, B. (2011). Embodied Comparison of Functional Relations. In: Kokinov, B., Karmiloff-Smith, A., Nersessian, N. (eds.) European Perspectives on Cognitive Science. NBU Press.