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    "pk": 32025,
    "title": "Mutability, Conceptual Transformation, and Context",
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    "abstract": "Features differ in their mutability. For example, a robin could still be a robin even if it lacked a red breast; but it would probably not count as one if it lacked bones. I have hypothesized (Love & Sloman, 1995) that features are immutable to the extent other features depend on them. We can view a feature's mutability as a measure of transformational difficulty. In deriving new concepts, we often transform existing concepts (e.g. we can go from thinking about a robin to thinking about a robin without a red breast). The difficulty of this transformation, as measured by reaction time, increases with the immutability of the feature transformed. Conceptual transformations are strongly affected by context, but in a principled manner, also explained by feature dependency structure. A detailed account of context's effect on mutability is given, as well as corroborating data. I conclude by addressing how mutability-dependency theory can be applied to the study of similarity, categorization, conceptual combination, and metaphor.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "section": "Paper Presentations",
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        {
            "first_name": "Bradley",
            "middle_name": "C.",
            "last_name": "Love",
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            "institution": "Department of Psychology, Northwestern University",
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    "date_submitted": null,
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    "date_published": "1996-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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