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Similarity and analogy

Markman, A.B. & Gentner, D. (1993). Splitting the differences: A structural alignment view of similarity. Journal of Memory and Language, 32(4), 517-535. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Markman, A.B. & Gentner, D. (1993). Structural alignment during similarity comparisons. Cognitive Psychology, 25(4), 431-467. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Gentner, D. & Markman, A.B. (1994). Structural alignment in comparison: No difference without similarity. Psychological Science, 5(3), 152-158.

Gentner, D., Rattermann, M.J., Markman, A.B., & Kotovsky, L. (1995). Two forces in the development of relational similarity. In G.S. Halford & T. Simon (Eds), Developing Cognitive Competence: New Approaches to Process Modelling, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Markman, A.B., & Gentner, D. (1996). Commonalities and differences in similarity comparisons. Memory and Cognition, 24(2), 235-249.

Markman, A.B. (1996). Structural alignment in similarity and difference judgments. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 3(2), 227-230. [Download a pdf version of this paper.]

Markman, A.B. (1996). Extended book review of French's "The subtlety of sameness", The International Journal of Neural Systems, 7(5), 665-670.

Gentner, D., Brem, S., Ferguson, R., Markman, A.B., Wolff, P., Levidow, B.N., & Forbus, K.D. (1997). Analogical reasoning and conceptual change: A case study of Johannes Kepler. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 6(1), 3-40.

Gentner, D., & Markman, A.B. (1997). Structure mapping in analogy and similarity. American Psychologist, 52(1), 45-56. [Download a PDF version of this paper here.]

Markman, A.B., & Gentner, D. (1997). The effects of alignability on memory. Psychological Science, 8(5), 363-367. [Download a PDF version of this paper here.]

Markman, A.B. (1997). Constraints on analogical inference. Cognitive Science, 21(4), 373-418. [Download a PDF version of this paper here.]

Forbus, K.D., Gentner, D., Markman, A.B., & Ferguson, R.W. (1998). Analogy just looks like high level perception. Why a domain-general approach to analogical mapping is right. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, 10(2), 231-257. [Download a PDF version of this paper here.]

Markman, A.B., & Gentner, D. (2000). Structure mapping in the comparison process. American Journal of Psychology, 113, 501-538. [Download a PDF version of this paper here.]

Markman, A.B., & Gentner, D. (2001). Thinking. Annual Review of Psychology, 52, 223-247. [Download a PDF version of this paper here.]

Gentner, D., & Markman, A.B. (2002). Analogy-based reasoning and metaphor. In M.A. Arbib (Ed.) The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks (2nd ed.). (pp. 106-109) Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

Dietrich, E., Markman, A.B., Stilwell, C.H., & Winkley, M. (2003). The role of representational change in chance discovery. In Y. Ohsawa & P. McBurney (Eds.) Chance Discovery: Foundations and applications (pp. 208-230). Heidelberg: Springer.

Markman, A.B., & Gentner, D. (2005). Nonintentional similarity processing. In R. Hassin, J.A. Bargh, & J.S. Uleman (Eds.) The new unconscious. (pp. 107-137) New York: Oxford University Press. [Download a PDF version of this paper here.]

Larkey, L.B., & Markman, A.B. (2005). Processes of similarity judgment. Cognitive Science, 29(6), 1061-1076. [Download a PDF version of this paper here.]

Linsey, J.S., Laux, J., Clauss, E.F., Wood, K.L., &åÊMarkman, A.B. (2007). Effects of analogous product representation on design-by-analogy. International Conference on Engineering Design ICED'07. Paris, France. [Download a PDF version of this paper here.]

Markman, A.B., Taylor, E., & Gentner, D. (2007). Auditory presentation leads to better analogical retrieval than written presentation. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 14(6), 1101-1106 [Download a PDF version of this paper here.]

Linsey, J.S., Wood, K.L., & Markman, A.B. (2008). Modality and representation in analogy. Artificial Intelligence for Engeinnering Design, Analysis, and Manufacturing, 22(2), 85-210. [Download a PDF version of this paper here.]

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Decision Making

Medin, D.L., Goldstone, R.L., & Markman, A.B. (1995). Comparison and choice: Relations between similarity processing and decision processing. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 2(1), 1-19.

Markman, A.B., & Medin, D.L. (1995). Similarity and alignment in choice. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 63(2), 117-130. [Download a pdf version of the paper here.]

Lindemann, P.G., & Markman, A.B. (1996). Alignability and attribute importance in choice. In The proceedings of the 18th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. San Diego, CA: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. [Download a PDF version of the paper here.]

Brendl, C.M., Markman, A.B., & Higgins, E.T. (1998). Mentale Buchhaltung als Selbst-Regulation: Representativitat fur ziel-geleitete Kategorien [Mental accounting as self-regulation: Representativeness to goal-derived categories.] Zeitschrift fuer Sozialpsychologie, 29, 89-104.. (An English translation of this paper can be obtained from any of the authors).

Zhang, S., & Markman, A.B. (1998). Overcoming the early entrant advantage via differentiation: The role of alignable and nonalignable differences. Journal of Marketing Research. 35, 413-426. [Download a pdf version of this paper here.]

Markman, A.B., & Brendl, C.M. (2000). The influence of goals on value and choice. In D.L. Medin (Ed.) The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Vol. 39. (pp. 97-129) San Diego, CA: Academic Press. [Download a pdf version of this paper here.]

Markman, A.B., & Moreau, C.P. (2001). Analogy and analogical comparison in choice. In D. Gentner, K.J. Holyoak, & B. Kokinov (Eds.) Analogy: Theoretical and Empirical Research. (pp. 363-400) Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

Moreau, C.P., Lehman, D.R., & Markman, A.B. (2001). Entrenched category structures and resistance to 'really' new products. Journal of Marketing Research, 38(1), 14-29.

Moreau, C.P., Markman, A.B., & Lehman, D.R. (2001). 'What is it?' Categorization flexibility and consumers' responses to really new products. Journal of Consumer Research, 27, 489-498. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Zhang, S., & Markman, A.B. (2001). Processing product-unique features: Alignment and involvement in preference construction. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 11(1), 13-27. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Brendl, C.M., Markman, A.B., & Messner, C. (2001). How do indirect measures of evaluation work? Evaluating the inference of prejudice in the Implicit Association Test. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81(5), 760-773. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Markman, A.B., & Medin, D.L. (2002). Decision Making. In D.L. Medin & H. Pashler (Eds.) Stevens Handbook of Experimental Psychology (3rd Edition), Volume 2. (pp. 413-466). New York: John Wiley and Sons. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Brendl, C.M., Markman, A.B., & Messner, C. (2003). Devaluation of goal-unrelated choice options. Journal of Consumer Research, 29, 463-473. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Brendl, C.M., Markman, A.B., & Messner, C. (2005). Indirectly measuring evaluations of several attitude objects in relation to a neutral reference point. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 41(4), 346-368. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Markman, A.B., & Brendl, C.M. (2005). Goals, policies, preferences, and actions. In F.R. Kardes, P.M. Herr, & J. Nantel (Eds.) Applying social cognition to consumer-focused strategy. (pp. 183-200). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Markman, A.B., Brendl, C.M., & Kim, K. (2007). Preference and the specificity of goals. Emotion, 7(3), 680-684. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Worthy, D.A., Maddox, W.T., & Markman, A.B. (2007). Regulatory fit effects in a choice task. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 14(6), 1125-1132. [Download a PDF version of of this paper.]

Worthy, D.A., Maddox, W.T., & Markman, A.B. (2008). Ratio and difference comparisons of expected reward in decision making tasks. Memory and Cognition, 36(8), 1460-1469. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

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Categorization

Markman, A.B. (1989). LMS rules and the inverse base-rate effect: Comment on Gluck and Bower (1988). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 118, 417-421. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Wisniewski, E.J. & Markman, A.B. (1993). The role of structural alignment in conceptual combination. In The Proceedings of the 15th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Boulder, CO. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Markman, A.B., Yamauchi, T., & Makin, V.S. (1997). The creation of new concepts: A multifaceted approach to category learning. In T.B. Ward, S.M. Smith & J. Vaid (Eds.) Creative thought: An investigation of conceptual structures and processes, Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Markman, A.B., & Wisniewski, E.J. (1997). Similar and different: The differentiation of basic level categories. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition,23(1), 54-70. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Markman, A.B. (1997). Structural alignment in similarity and its influence on category structure. Cognitive Studies, 4, 19-37.

Yamauchi, T., & Markman, A.B. (1998). Category learning by inference and classification. Journal of Memory and Language, 39(1), 124-148. [download a PDF version of this article here.]

Markman, A.B., & Makin, V.S. (1998). Referential communication and category acquisition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 127, 331-354. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Yamauchi, T., & Markman, A.B. (2000). Learning categories composed of varying instances: The effect of classification, inference, and structural alignment. Memory and Cognition, 28(1), 64-78.

Yamauchi, T., & Markman, A.B. (2000). Inference using categories. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 26, 776-795 [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Markman, A.B. (2001). Structural alignment, similarity, and the internal structure of category representations. In U. Hahn, & M. Ramscar (Eds.) Similarity and Categorization (pp. 109-130). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Markman, A.B., & Stilwell, C.H. (2001). Role-governed categories. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, 13(4), 329-358. [download a PDF version of this paper here.]

Yamauchi, T., Love, B.C., & Markman, A.B. (2002). Learning nonlinearly separable categories by inference and classification. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 28(3), 585-593. [Download a PDF version of this paper here.]

Markman, A.B., & Maddox, W.T. (2003). Classification of exemplars with single and multiple feature manifestations: The effects of relevant dimension variation and category structure. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 29(1), 107-117. [download a PDF version of this paper.]

Markman, A.B., & Ross, B.H. (2003). Category use and category learning. Psychological Bulletin, 129(4), 592-615. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Love, B.C., & Markman, A.B. (2003). The non-independence of stimulus properties in category learning. Memory and Cognition, 31(5), 790-799. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Markman, A.B., & Stilwell, C.H. (2004). Concepts a la modal: Review of Prinz's "Furnishing the Mind." Philosophical Psychology, 17(3), 391-401. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Markman, A.B. (2005). What are categories and why are they coherent? In W.K. Ahn, R.L. Goldstone, B.C. Love, A.B. Markman, & P. Wolff (Eds.) Categorization inside and outside the laboratory: Essays in honor of Douglas L. Medin. (pp. 215-227). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Bohil, C.J., Markman, A.B., & Maddox, W.T. (2005). A feature-salience analogue of the inverse base-rate effect. Korean Journal of Thinking and Problem Solving, 15(1), 17-28. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Markman, A.B., Baldwin, G.C., & Maddox, W.T. (2005). The interaction of payoff structure and regulatory focus in classification. Psychological Science, 16(11), 852-855. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Markman, A.B., Maddox, W.T., & Baldwin, G.C. (2005). The implications of advances in research on motivation for cognitive models. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, 17(4), 371-384. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Maddox, W.T., Markman, A.B., & Baldwin, G.C. (2006). Using classification to understand the motivation-learning interface. Psychology of Learning and Motivation, 47, 213-250. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Markman, A.B., Maddox, W.T., & Worthy, D.A. (2006). Choking and excelling under pressure. Psychological Science, 17(11), 944-948. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Maddox, W.T., Baldwin, G.C., & Markman, A.B. (2006). A test of the regulatory fit hypothesis in perceptual classification learning. Memory and Cognition, 34(7), 1377-1397. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Markman, A.B., Maddox, W.T., Worthy, D.A., & Baldwin, G.C. (2007). Using regulatory focus to explore implicit and explicit processing on concept learning. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 14(9-10), 132-155. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

Grimm, L.R., Markman, A.B., Maddox, W.T., & Baldwin, G.C. (2008). Differential effects of regulatory fit on category learning. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 920-927. [Download a PDFåÊversion of this paper.]

Worthy, D.A., Markman, A.B., & Maddox, W.T. (in press). What is pressure? Evidence for social pressure as a type of regulatory focus. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. [Download a PDF version of this paper.]

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Knowledge Representation

Markman, A.B. (1999). Knowledge Representation. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Dietrich, A.B., & Markman, A.B. (Eds.) (2000). Cognitive Dynamics. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Markman, A.B., & Dietrich, E. (2000). In defense of representation. Cognitive Psychology, 40, 138-171. [download a PDF version of this paper]

Markman, A.B., & Dietrich, E. (2000). Extending the classical view of representation. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 4, 70-75. [download a PDF version of this paper.]

Markman, A.B. (2002). Knowledge Representation. In D.L. Medin & H. Pashler (Eds.) Stevens Handbook of Experimental Psychology (3rd Edition), Volume 2. (pp. 165-208). New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Dietrich, E., & Markman, A.B. (2003). Discrete thoughts: Why cognition must use discrete representations. Mind and Language, 18, 95-119. [download a PDF version of this paper]

Woolley, J.D., Boerger, E.A., & Markman, A.B. (2004). A visit from the Candy Witch: Factors influencing young children's belief in a novel fantastical entity. Developmental Science. 7(4), 456-468 [download a PDF version of this paper]

Markman, A.B., & Brendl, C.M. (2005). Constraining theories of embodied cognition. Psychological Science, 16(1), 6-10. [download a PDF version of this paper]

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Reasoning, Performance, and Individual Differences

Kim, K. & Markman, A.B. (2006). Differences in Fear of Isolation as an explanation of Cultural Differences: Evidence from memory and reasoning. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 350-364. [download a PDF version of this paper]

Kim, K., Narvaez, L.R., & Markman, A.B. (2007). Self-construal and the processing of covariation information in causal reasoning. Memory and Cognition, 35(6), 1337-1343. [download a PDF version of the paper]

Worthy, D.A., Markman, A.B., & Maddox, W.T. (in press). Choking and excelling at the free-throw line. International Journal of Creativity and Problem Solving. [Download a PDF version of the paper.]

Grimm, L.R., Markman, A.B., Maddox, W.T., & Baldwin, G.C. (in press). Stereotype threat reinterpreted as a regulatory mismatch. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. [Download a PDF version of the paper.]


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