Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
I am interested in the evolution of communication, human language and the human capacity for language.
Websites
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), The University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 1 Jan 2003
Master of Science, The University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 1 Jan 1999
Master of Arts, The University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 1 Jan 1998
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Is regularization uniform across linguistic levels? Comparing learning and production of unconditioned probabilistic variation in morphology and word order
Saldana, C., Smith, K., Kirby, S. & Culbertson, J., 19 Feb 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Language Learning and Development.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Knowing how you know: Toddlers reevaluate words learned from an unreliable speaker
Dautriche, I., Goupil, L., Smith, K. & Rabagliati, H., 5 Feb 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Open Mind: Discoveries in Cognitive Science (Open Mind). 5, p. 1-19 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Subjective confidence influences word learning in a cross-situational statistical learning task
Dautriche, I., Rabagliati, H. & Smith, K., Dec 2021, In: Journal of Memory and Language. 121, 104277.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The emergence of word-internal repetition through iterated learning: Explaining the mismatch between learning biases and language design
Ota, M., San José, A. & Smith, K., May 2021, In: Cognition. 210, 104585.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A computational model of the cultural co-evolution of language and mindreading
Woensdregt, M., Cummins, C. & Smith, K., 2 Oct 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Synthese.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Midlothian Science Festival 2018
Kenny Smith (Advisor), Jennifer Culbertson (Organiser), Carmen Saldana (Contributor), Mora Maldonado (Contributor) & Amira Saouri (Contributor)
8 Oct 2018 → 12 Oct 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Festival/Exhibition
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It takes two to adapt: Interacting pairs’ language (but not individuals’) adapts to changing conditions in maze game
Lucia Castillo (Contributor), Kenneth Smith (Contributor) & Holly Branigan (Contributor)
25 Jul 2017Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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EVOLANG XI
Kenny Smith (Participant)
2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Boston University Conference on Language Development
Kenny Smith (Keynote/plenary speaker)
Nov 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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EVOLANG XI
Kevin Stadler (Speaker), E Jamieson (Advisor), Kenneth Smith (Advisor) & Simon Kirby (Advisor)
Mar 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Establishing how intergroup bias influences the formation and evolution of stereotypes
1/11/17 → 31/08/20
Project: Research
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How learning and using words shapes the structure of the lexicon.
Dautriche Singh, I. & Smith, K.
1/11/16 → 16/12/19
Project: Research
Datasets
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Data for Smith, Perfors, Feher, Samara, Swoboda & Wonnacott (forthcoming), ”Language learning, language use, and the evolution of linguistic variation”, to appear in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (forthcoming as of 9th August 2016)
Smith, K. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 16 Aug 2016
DOI: 10.7488/ds/1462
Dataset
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The emergence of systematic argument distinctions in artificial sign languages (dataset)
Culbertson, J. (Creator), Kirby, S. (Creator), Smith, K. (Creator), Motamedi-mousavi, Y. (Creator) & Schouwstra, M. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 19 Jun 2020
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2852, https://psyarxiv.com/p6zy4/
Dataset
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Word learning under infinite uncertainty - Simulation codes and sample output
Blythe, R. (Creator), Smith, K. (Creator) & Smith, A. D. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 15 Feb 2016
DOI: 10.7488/ds/1345, http://arxiv.org/abs/1412.2487
Dataset
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Data from Culbertson et al. (2019) Children’s sensitivity to phonological and semantic cues during noun class learning
Culbertson, J. (Creator) & Smith, K. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 1 Nov 2019
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2641
Dataset
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Social group effects on communicative conventions
Atkinson, M. (Creator) & Smith, K. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 1 Mar 2017
DOI: 10.7488/ds/1979
Dataset
Press / Media
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Baboons, like humans, can build on work of others, according to study by Drs Simon Kirby and Kenny Smith
5/11/14 → 15/11/14
17 items of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Research on the origin and purpose of stereotypes highlighted by advertisement protesting name of Washington Redskins American Football team
11/06/14
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities