Humans have a good memory, but it doesn't compare to some of our animal counterparts. Indeed, birds are able to follow the same migration routes, elephants retain watering holes, and dogs retain ...

Northwestern Engineering’s Ken Forbus is closing the gap between humans and machines. Using cognitive science theories, Forbus and his collaborators have developed a model that could give computers ...

Analogical reasoning, the process of identifying correspondences between seemingly disparate domains, is fundamental to human cognition. It facilitates problem solving and learning by allowing ...

A couple years ago I wrote about an effort to emulate analogous thinking in order to tackle difficult problems and drive innovation. The research, conducted by computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon ...

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 ...

Using the power of analogy, a new structure-mapping engine gives computers the ability to reason like humans and even solve moral dilemmas. Northwestern University's Ken Forbus is closing the gap ...