The origins and development of human analogical reasoning. Effective learning depends critically on the ability to perceive and combine abstract representations. This project aims to reveal how our im

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The origins and development of human analogical reasoning. Effective learning depends critically on the ability to perceive and combine abstract representations. This project aims to reveal how our impressive capacity for analogical reasoning emerges during the first years of life. Our interdisciplinary approach will generate new knowledge about nascent analogical abilities in preverbal infants, clarify how language supports this emerging capacity, and reveal how neural markers of analogy change across the lifespan. Expected outcomes are a comprehensive picture of individual differences in early learning abilities that can support improved learning opportunities and interventions, and novel paradigms that transfer to species-comparison studies exploring the unique aspects of human cognition.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 5201 - Applied and Developmental Psychology. Lead: Prof Susan Hespos