Frith has argued that people with autism show “weak central coherence,” an unusual bias
toward piecemeal rather than configurational processing and a reduction in the normal …

Analogical mapping is a core process in human cognition. A number of valuable
computational models of analogy have been created, capturing aspects of how people …

This state of the art report focuses on glyph-based visualization, a common form of visual
design where a data set is depicted by a collection of visual objects referred to as glyphs. Its …

Abstraction is a useful process for broadening mental horizons, integrating new
experiences, and communicating information to others. Much attention has been directed at …

Metaphor is pervasive in language and thought: in scientific discovery (Gentner 1982;
Gentner and Jeziorski 1993; Gruber 1995; Nersessian 1992), in literature (Gibbs 1994; …

Abstract Comparison mechanisms have been implicated in the development of abstract,
relational thought, including object categorization. D. Gentner and LL Namy (1999) found …

Within GLOMOsys (the GLObal versus LOcal processing MOdel, a systems account) we
examine the functionalities of two processing systems that process information either …

We present a computational model of visual problem solving, designed to solve problems
from the Raven's Progressive Matrices intelligence test. The model builds on the claim that …

Metaphor has a double life. It can be described as a directional process in which a stable,
familiar base domain provides inferential structure to a less clearly specified target. But …

Background: Deficits in autism have been characterised as a bias towards local over global
processing. This paper examines whether there is a deficit in gestalt grouping in autism …