In my view, one of the most vexing of all types of questions used on IQ tests is the one that asks us to complete an analogical formula such as the following one: Bird is to flying as human is to... I ...

When Niels Bohr hypothesised his model of atom with the electrons orbiting the nucleus just like satellites orbit a planet, he was engaging in analogical reasoning. Bohr transferred to atoms the ...

Analogical reasoning is the cognitive process by which individuals discern correspondences between disparate domains, identifying shared relational structures to support learning, problem solving and ...