?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Constraints+on+analogical+inference&rft.creator=Markman%2C+Arthur+B&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=The+ability+to+reason+by+analogy+is+particularly+important+because+it+permits+the+extension+of+knowledge+of+a+target+domain+by+virtue+of+its+similarity+to+a+base+domain+via+a+process+of+analogical+inference.++The+general+procedure+for+analogical+inference+involves+copying+structure+from+the+base+to+the+target+in+which+missing+information+is+generated%2C+and+substitutions+are+made+for+items+for+which+analogical+correspondences+have+already+been+found.++A+pure+copying+with+substitution+and+generation+process+is+too+profligate+to+be+useful%2C+and+so+constraints+must+be+placed+on+what+information+is+to+be+carried+over.++In+this+paper%2C+the+importance+of+systematicity+as+a+constraint+on+inference+is+explored+in+four+studies+in+which+subjects+find+correspondences+between+domains+and+also+make+inferences.++This+work+suggests+that+people+prefer+to+make+inferences+of+information+connected+to+systematic+correspondences+between+domains.++A+second+important+theme+of+this+paper+is+that+violations+of+one-to-one+mapping+can+lead+to+inconsistent+object+substitutions+in+inference.++The+data+reveal+no+such+inconsistent+substitutions+in+people's+inferences%2C+suggesting+that+they+do+respect+one-to-one+mapping+in+analogical+inference.+These+findings+are+discussed+relative+to+four+prominent+computational+models+of+analogical+mapping+and+inference.&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F628%2F1%2Fmarkman.html&rft.identifier=++Markman%2C+Arthur+B++(1997)+Constraints+on+analogical+inference.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F628%2F