Integrating the horizontal and vertical cultural transmission of novel communication systems.

Carrie Thiesen-White; Simon Kirby; Jon Oberlander

Integrating the horizontal and vertical cultural transmission of novel communication systems.

Carrie Thiesen-White, Simon Kirby, Jon Oberlander

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In recent experimental work on the emergence of novel communication systems, the cultural transmission has tended to be either horizontal or vertical. We present an experiment that integrates the two. Results show that both methods of
transmission do some work.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CogSci 2011 Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication	Cognitive Science Society Conference
Pages	956-961
Number of pages	6
Volume	1
Publication status	Published - 2011

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© Thiesen-White, C., Kirby, S., & Oberlander, J. (2011). Integrating the horizontal and vertical cultural transmission of novel communication systems.In CogSci 2011 Proceedings: Cognitive Science Society Conference. (Vol. 1, pp. 956-961)
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