{"pk":28100,"title":"Analogies May Not be as Cognitively Demanding as Previously Assumed: Evidence from a Dual-Task Paradigm with Gradually Increasing Cognitive Load","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Making analogies is considered to depend on executivefunctions. We examined the role of the central executive insolving pictorial cross-mapping problems while generatingrandom digits ranging 1-3 for one group of subjects, and 1-9for another. We used three indices assessing different aspectsof randomness and a self-report measure to evaluate the effectof the concurrent task. Subjects who had to generate digitsbetween 1 and 9 perceived the task to be harder but stillproduced more random sequences than those in the smaller-range condition. Although the manipulation of cognitive loadwas successful, no difference was observed in the proportionof relational responses to the cross-mapping task, suggestingthat analogies may not be as cognitively demanding asotherwise assumed. We also provide correlational support forthe influence of individual differences in fluid intelligence onrelational mapping abilities.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"analogy; working memory; central executive;relational mindset; cognitive load"}],"section":"Publication-based-Talks","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0tn1k2nd","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Katerina","middle_name":"","last_name":"Paliakova","name_suffix":"","institution":"New Bulgarian University","department":""},{"first_name":"Penka","middle_name":"","last_name":"Hristova","name_suffix":"","institution":"New Bulgarian University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2018-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/28100/galley/17745/download/"}]}