Smith, Kenny

Cumulative cultural evolution in the laboratory: An experimental approach to the origins of structure in human language

Kirby, S., Cornish, H., & Smith, K. (2008) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Language and cultural evolutionLanguage Development and Disorders

Cited by 941

Compression and communication in the cultural evolution of linguistic structure

Kirby, S., Tamariz, M., Cornish, H., & Smith, K. (2015) · Cognition

Language and cultural evolutionSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Cited by 557

Iterated learning and the evolution of language

Kirby, S., Griffiths, T., & Smith, K. (2014) · Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Language and cultural evolutionLanguage Development and Disorders

Cited by 313

Iterated Learning: A Framework for the Emergence of Language

Smith, K., Kirby, S., & Brighton, H. (2003) · Artificial Life

Language and cultural evolutionSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Cited by 291

Zipf’s Law of Abbreviation and the Principle of Least Effort: Language users optimise a miniature lexicon for efficient communication

Kanwal, J., Smith, K., Culbertson, J., & Kirby, S. (2017) · Cognition

Language and cultural evolutionSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Cited by 176

Languages adapt to their contextual niche

WINTERS, J., KIRBY, S., & SMITH, K. (2015) · Language and Cognition

Language and cultural evolutionCategorization, perception, and language

Cited by 87

Contextual predictability shapes signal autonomy

Winters, J., Kirby, S., & Smith, K. (2018) · Cognition

Language and cultural evolutionSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Cited by 54

Probability matching is not the default decision making strategy in human and non-human primates

Saldana, C., Claidière, N., Fagot, J., & Smith, K. (2022) · Scientific Reports

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

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