Piantadosi, Steven T.

Word lengths are optimized for efficient communication

Piantadosi, S. T., Tily, H., & Gibson, E. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Language and cultural evolutionSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Cited by 695

The communicative function of ambiguity in language

Piantadosi, S. T., Tily, H., & Gibson, E. (2012) · Cognition

Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationLanguage and cultural evolution

Cited by 628

Beyond the Imitation Game: Quantifying and extrapolating the capabilities of language models

Srivastava, A., Rastogi, A., Rao, A., Shoeb, A. A. M., Abid, A., Fisch, A., Brown, A. R., Santoro, A., Gupta, A., Garriga-Alonso, A., et al. (2022) · arXiv

Topic ModelingNatural Language Processing Techniques

Cited by 569

Rational integration of noisy evidence and prior semantic expectations in sentence interpretation

Gibson, E., Bergen, L., & Piantadosi, S. T. (2013) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Neurobiology of Language and BilingualismSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Cited by 407

Language is primarily a tool for communication rather than thought

Fedorenko, E., Piantadosi, S. T., & Gibson, E. A. F. (2024) · Nature

Neurobiology of Language and BilingualismLanguage and cultural evolution

Cited by 190

Compositional Reasoning in Early Childhood

Piantadosi, S., & Aslin, R. (2016) · PLOS ONE

Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentLanguage Development and Disorders

Cited by 53

One model for the learning of language

Yang, Y., & Piantadosi, S. T. (2022) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Language Development and DisordersCategorization, perception, and language

Cited by 50

Exact number concepts are limited to the verbal count range

Pitt, B., Gibson, E., & Piantadosi, S. T. (2022) · Psychological Science

Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skillsCategorization, perception, and language

Cited by 26

Limits on Composition of Conceptual Operations in 9‐Month‐Olds

Piantadosi, S. T., Palmeri, H., & Aslin, R. (2018) · Infancy

Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentCognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills

Cited by 19

Reliable Reasoning Beyond Natural Language

Borazjanizadeh, N., & Piantadosi, S. T. (2024) · arXiv

Logic, Reasoning, and KnowledgeTopic Modeling

Cited by 3

Evidence from formal logical reasoning reveals that the language of thought is not natural language

Kean, H., Fung, A., Jaggers, P., Chen, J., Rule, J. S., Benn, Y., Tenenbaum, J. B., Piantadosi, S. T., Varley, R. A., & Fedorenko, E. (2026) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Neurobiology of Language and BilingualismLogic, Reasoning, and Knowledge

Cited by 2