Monica Tamariz
@onicatam.bsky.social
Cultural evolution, language evolution
Reposted by Monica Tamariz
I have run a version of the drawing experiment from my paper with Monica Tamariz in class before. Transmitting an abstract drawing that is covered up before drawing versus not covered up. The “from memory” version evolves to be more compressible! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Culture: Copying, Compression, and Conventionality
Through cultural transmission, repeated learning by new individuals transforms cultural information, which tends to become increasingly compressible (Kirby, Cornish, & Smith, ; Smith, Tamariz, & Kirb...
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November 20, 2024 at 12:32 PM
I have run a version of the drawing experiment from my paper with Monica Tamariz in class before. Transmitting an abstract drawing that is covered up before drawing versus not covered up. The “from memory” version evolves to be more compressible! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....