information theory

Optimal compression in human concept learning

Nathaniel Imel, Noga Zaslavsky
2024 CogSci
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Language use is only sparsely compositional: The case of English adjective-noun phrases in humans and large language models

Aalok Sathe, Evelina Fedorenko, Noga Zaslavsky
2024 CogSci
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Bridging semantics and pragmatics in information-theoretic emergent communication

Eleonora Gualdoni, Mycal Tucker, Roger P. Levy, Noga Zaslavsky
2024 SCiL
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A Rate–Distortion view of human pragmatic reasoning

Noga Zaslavsky, Jennifer Hu, Roger Levy
2021 SCiL
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Emergence of pragmatic reasoning from least-effort optimization

Noga Zaslavsky, Jennifer Hu, Roger Levy
2020 EvoLang XIII
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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 (earlier version)

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