Analogical questions are miniature logic puzzles that impel us to seek connections among things. Analogical questions on IQ tests are based on associative thinking.

Analogical-associative thinking also plays a practical role in all spheres of human life, from problem-solving to understanding scientific theories.

Aniket Kittur, Lixiu Yu, Tom Hope, Joel Chan, Hila Lifshitz-Assaf, Karni Gilon, Felicia Ng, Robert E. Kraut, Dafna Shahaf, Scaling up analogical innovation with crowds and AI, Proceedings of the ...

More information: Taylor W Webb et al, Evidence from counterfactual tasks supports emergent analogical reasoning in large language models, PNAS Nexus (2025). DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf135 ...

Analogical transfer is transfer of a basic structure acquired through one or more instances to another instance. A basic structure like this is sometimes called a paradigm. Paradigmatic teaching, i.e.

Analogical thinking therefore promotes not just a base of ready-made solutions, but also more abstract cases of transformation. It promotes an enormously efficient use of available countermeasures, ...

Guns Analogical Reasoning and the Second Amendment In historical inquiry, reasoning by analogy is a commonplace task for any lawyer or judge. Stephen Halbrook | 12.16.2022 8:01 AM ...