Nancy J. Nersessian

Publication List Details

Period

1987 - 2008

Number

8

Co-Authors

A Cognitive Model of Visual Analogical Problem-Solving Transfer (2008)

Jim Davies, Ashok K. Goel, Nancy J. Nersessian

Complex problem solving typically involves the generation of a procedure consisting of an ordered sequence of steps. Analogical reasoning is one strategy for solving complex problems, and visual...

The Role of Generic Models in Conceptual Change (2007)

This Research, Todd W. Griffith, Nancy J. Nersessian, Ashok Goel

We hypothesize generic models to be central in conceptual change in science. This hypothesis has its origins in two theoretical sources. The first source, constructive modeling, derives from a...

Dissenters in the Sanctuary Evolving Frameworks in ‘Mainstream ’ Cognitive Science (2007)

Lisa M. Osbeck, Kareen R. Malone, Nancy J. Nersessian, Lisa M. Osbeck, Kareen R. Malone, Nancy J. Nersessian

ABSTRACT. Critiques of cognitive psychology and cognitive science principally target cognitivism, defined here as doctrinal commitment to computational processing over internal representations as a...

Visual Re-Representation in Creative Analogies (2003)

Jim Davies, Ashok K. Goel, Nancy J. Nersessian

Visual representations seem to play a significant role in many creative analogies. In this paper, we describe a specific role of visual representations: two situations that appear dissimilar...

Kuhn and the Cognitive Revolution (1998)

Nersessian, Nancy J.

Configurations - Volume 6, Number 1, Winter 1998

The Role of Generic Models in Conceptual Change (1996)

Todd W. Griffith, Nancy J. Nersessian, Ashok Goel

We hypothesize generic models to be central in conceptual change in science. This hypothesis has its origins in two theoretical sources. The first source, constructive modeling, derives from a...