Principle 01
Analogical Schema Transfer
Map relations, not surface features.
- Function
- Cross-domain structural alignment
- Substrates
- Rostral lateral PFC · entorhinal–hippocampal maps
- Intervention
- Two source analogs, then isomorphic graphs
- In transfer
- Projects a relational graph — after two sources strip the costume.
Gentner’s structure-mapping theory says analogies live in systems of relations, not in shared labels. ‘Pressure’ in a pipe and ‘pressure’ in a newsroom are a trap if only the word matches. The cited name for interconnected relations is systematicity — not a proprietary acronym.
Gick & Holyoak’s result is the one the protocol must not skip: a single source analog often produces almost no spontaneous transfer. Schema induction appears after comparing two sources that share R and not surface.
Rostral/lateral frontopolar cortex is implicated in relational integration. That is on solid ground. ‘Grid cells reuse routing so you skip schema construction in twenty minutes’ is a metaphor, not a demonstrated mechanism.
Gentner 1983; Gick & Holyoak 1983