Abstract:
:Iterated learning describes the process whereby an individual learns their behaviour by exposure to another individual's behaviour, who themselves learnt it in the same way. It can be seen as a key mechanism of cultural evolution. We review various methods for understanding how behaviour is shaped by the iterated learning process: computational agent-based simulations; mathematical modelling; and laboratory experiments in humans and non-human animals. We show how this framework has been used to explain the origins of structure in language, and argue that cultural evolution must be considered alongside biological evolution in explanations of language origins.
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Curr Opin Neurobioljournal_title
Current opinion in neurobiologyauthors
Kirby S,Griffiths T,Smith Kdoi
10.1016/j.conb.2014.07.014subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-10-01 00:00:00pages
108-14eissn
0959-4388issn
1873-6882pii
S0959-4388(14)00142-1journal_volume
28pub_type
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