color naming

The evolution of color naming reflects pressure for efficiency: Evidence from the recent past

Noga Zaslavsky*, Karee Garvin*, Charles Kemp, Naftali Tishby, Terry Regier
2022 Journal of Language Evolution
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Evolution and efficiency in color naming: The case of Nafaanra

Noga Zaslavsky*, Karee Garvin*, Charles Kemp, Naftali Tishby, Terry Regier
2019 CogSci
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Communicative need in color naming

Noga Zaslavsky, Charles Kemp, Naftali Tishby, Terry Regier
2019 CNP
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Color naming reflects both perceptual structure and communicative need

Noga Zaslavsky, Charles Kemp, Naftali Tishby, Terry Regier
2019 topiCS
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Efficient compression in color naming and its evolution

ELSC Prize for Outstanding Publication
Noga Zaslavsky, Charles Kemp, Terry Regier, Naftali Tishby
2018 PNAS
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Color naming reflects both perceptual structure and communicative need (earlier version)

Best paper award for computational modeling of language
Noga Zaslavsky, Charles Kemp, Naftali Tishby, Terry Regier
2018 CogSci
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