The Structure-Mapping Engine: A Multidecade Interaction Between Psychology and Artificial Intelligence

IF 5.6 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Current Directions in Psychological Science Pub Date : 2025-12-06 DOI:10.1177/09637214251395678

Dedre Gentner, Kenneth Forbus

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Abstract

This article describes the structure-mapping engine (SME) and its relation to psychological theory and research. SME was created in 1986 as a simulation of structure-mapping theory (SMT) and is still in use, both on its own and as part of larger scale simulations such as CogSketch and Companion that capture analogy’s roles in other cognitive processing. Over the 4 decades since artificial intelligence (AI) first appeared, there has been continual interaction between AI research and human research. We begin by briefly reviewing SMT and the basic construction of SME. After comparing SME with other simulations, we then describe some specific contributions of SME to our understanding of human analogical processing. We close by proposing that these psychological models can become a new technology for AI.

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结构映射引擎：心理学和人工智能之间几十年的相互作用

本文介绍了结构映射引擎及其与心理学理论和研究的关系。SME创建于1986年，作为结构映射理论（SMT）的模拟，目前仍在使用，既可以单独使用，也可以作为更大规模模拟的一部分，如CogSketch和Companion，这些模拟捕捉了类比在其他认知处理中的作用。自人工智能（AI）首次出现以来的40多年里，人工智能研究与人类研究之间一直存在着持续的互动。我们首先简要回顾SMT和中小企业的基本建设。在将SME与其他模拟进行比较后，我们描述了SME对我们理解人类类比处理的一些具体贡献。最后，我们提出这些心理模型可以成为人工智能的一项新技术。

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Current Directions in Psychological Science PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

CiteScore

13.00

自引率

1.40%

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期刊介绍： Current Directions in Psychological Science publishes reviews by leading experts covering all of scientific psychology and its applications. Each issue of Current Directions features a diverse mix of reports on various topics such as language, memory and cognition, development, the neural basis of behavior and emotions, various aspects of psychopathology, and theory of mind. These articles allow readers to stay apprised of important developments across subfields beyond their areas of expertise and bodies of research they might not otherwise be aware of. The articles in Current Directions are also written to be accessible to non-experts, making them ideally suited for use in the classroom as teaching supplements.