Knowledge across reference frames: Cognitive maps and image spaces

R Bottini, CF Doeller - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2020 - cell.com
In human and non-human animals, conceptual knowledge is partially organized according
to low-dimensional geometries that rely on brain structures and computations involved in …

Abstract task representations for inference and control

AR Vaidya, D Badre - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2022 - cell.com
Behavioral flexibility depends on our capacity to build and leverage abstract knowledge
about tasks. Recently, two separate lines of research have implicated distinct brain networks …

[HTML][HTML] Reflections on dynamics, adaptation and control: a cognitive architecture for mental models

L van Ments, J Treur - Cognitive Systems Research, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, an overview of the wide variety of occurrences of mental models in the
literature is discussed. They are classified according to two dimensions obtaining four …

Transfer from spatial education to verbal reasoning and prediction of transfer from learning-related neural change

RA Cortes, EG Peterson, DJM Kraemer… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Current debate surrounds the promise of neuroscience for education, including whether
learning-related neural changes can predict learning transfer better than traditional …

Neural state space alignment for magnitude generalization in humans and recurrent networks

H Sheahan, F Luyckx, S Nelli, C Teupe, C Summerfield - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
A prerequisite for intelligent behavior is to understand how stimuli are related and to
generalize this knowledge across contexts. Generalization can be challenging when …

Relational integration in the human brain: A review and synthesis

KJ Holyoak, MM Monti - Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Relational integration is required when multiple explicit representations of relations between
entities must be jointly considered to make inferences. We provide an overview of the neural …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesizing research on programmers' mental models of programs, tasks and concepts—A systematic literature review

A Heinonen, B Lehtelä, A Hellas… - Information and Software …, 2023 - Elsevier
Context: Programmers' mental models represent their knowledge and understanding of
programs, programming concepts, and programming in general. They guide programmers' …

Boys' advantage in solving algebra word problems is mediated by spatial abilities and mathematics anxiety.

DC Geary, MK Hoard, L Nugent - Developmental psychology, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract Adolescents'(n= 342, 169 boys) general algebra and algebra word problems
performance were assessed in 9th grade as were intelligence, academic achievement …

[HTML][HTML] Mental models in the brain: on context-dependent neural correlates of mental models

J Treur - Cognitive Systems Research, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, the concept of context-dependent realisation of mental models is introduced
and discussed. Literature from neuroscience is discussed showing that different types of …

Models of Possibilities Instead of Logic as the Basis of Human Reasoning

PN Johnson-Laird, RMJ Byrne, SS Khemlani - Minds and Machines, 2024 - Springer
The theory of mental models and its computer implementations have led to crucial
experiments showing that no standard logic—the sentential calculus and all logics that …