?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Effects+of+Alignability+on+Memory&rft.creator=Markman%2C+A.+B.&rft.creator=Gentner%2C+D.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=According+to+structure-mapping+theory%2C+the+process+of+comparison+is+one+of+alignment+and+mapping+between+representational+structures.+This+process+induces+a+focus+on+commonalities+and+alignable+differences+(i.e.%2C+those+related+to+the+commonalities).+Nonalignable+differences+(i.e.%2C+those+not+related+to+the+commonalities)+are+held+to+be+neglected.+The+theory+thus+predicts+increased+focus+on+the+corresponding+information%2C+whether+these+are+commonalities+or+differences.+In+this+paper%2C+we+explore+the+implications+of+this+claim+for+memory%3A+Specifically%2C+we+test+the+prediction+that+alignable+differences+are+more+likely+to+be+processed+and+stored+than+nonalignable+differences.+We+present+a+study+in+which+people+made+similarity+comparisons+between+pairs+of+pictures+and+then+were+probed+for+recall.+The+recall+probes+were+figures+taken+from+the+pictures+and+were+either+alignable+differences+between+the+pairs+or+nonalignable+differences.+The+alignable+differences+were+better+memory+probes+than+the+nonalignable+differences%2C+suggesting+that+people+were+more+likely+to+encode+and+store+the+corresponding+information+than+the+noncorresponding+information.&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F680%2F1%2Falignability.html&rft.identifier=++Markman%2C+A.+B.+and+Gentner%2C+D.++(1997)+The+Effects+of+Alignability+on+Memory.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F680%2F