CGSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Iron Filings, Availability Heuristic, Apink
12 Apr 2017
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Broader definition: the ability to detect and complete simple and higher-order patterns. Humans are good at recognizing faces in all things (ex. cars) Specific aptitude for face recognition, fusiform facial area. Features within a context, with relationships to one another. If this is true, then what else is true? . This example still leans heavily on visual analogy. A pink bird or a pink snake it"s interesting we make a distinction. Multiple dimensions for comparison shape, context, words, features (feathers) Note that these steps can happen consciously and non-consciously. Finding something good in memory to make an analogy with. Not simply visual similarity - works across any feature modality. Making sense of novel things: an alien vs and octopus. Retrieve octopus / artificial object - might have to try multiple analogies to reconcile & understand. Finding correspondences between elements of the two analogues. Trying to explain basketball to someone that loves soccer.
