Information density as a predictor of communication dynamics
Trends Cogn Sci. 2024 Apr 16:S1364-6613(24)00079-2. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn a recent paper, Aceves and Evans computed information and semantic density measures for hundreds of languages, and showed that these measures predict the pace and breadth of ideas in communication. Here, we summarize their key findings and situate them in a broader debate about the adaptive nature of language.PMID:38632006 | DOI:10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.012 (Source: Trends Cogn Sci)
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - April 17, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Gary Lupyan Pablo Contreras Kallens Rick Dale Source Type: research
Abstract social interaction representations along the lateral pathway
Trends Cogn Sci. 2024 Mar 26:S1364-6613(24)00073-1. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.007. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38632007 | DOI:10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.007 (Source: Trends Cogn Sci)
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - April 17, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Emalie McMahon Leyla Isik Source Type: research
What is abstract about seeing social interactions?
Trends Cogn Sci. 2024 Feb 17:S1364-6613(24)00031-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.02.004. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38632008 | DOI:10.1016/j.tics.2024.02.004 (Source: Trends Cogn Sci)
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - April 17, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Liuba Papeo Source Type: research
In praise of folly: flexible goals and human cognition
Trends Cogn Sci. 2024 Apr 13:S1364-6613(24)00059-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.006. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHumans often pursue idiosyncratic goals that appear remote from functional ends, including information gain. We suggest that this is valuable because goals (even prima facie foolish or unachievable ones) contain structured information that scaffolds thinking and planning. By evaluating hypotheses and plans with respect to their goals, humans can discover new ideas that go beyond prior knowledge and observable evidence. These hypotheses and plans can be transmitted independently of their original motivations, a...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - April 15, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Junyi Chu Joshua B Tenenbaum Laura E Schulz Source Type: research
In praise of folly: flexible goals and human cognition
Trends Cogn Sci. 2024 Apr 13:S1364-6613(24)00059-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.006. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHumans often pursue idiosyncratic goals that appear remote from functional ends, including information gain. We suggest that this is valuable because goals (even prima facie foolish or unachievable ones) contain structured information that scaffolds thinking and planning. By evaluating hypotheses and plans with respect to their goals, humans can discover new ideas that go beyond prior knowledge and observable evidence. These hypotheses and plans can be transmitted independently of their original motivations, a...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - April 15, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Junyi Chu Joshua B Tenenbaum Laura E Schulz Source Type: research
In praise of folly: flexible goals and human cognition
Trends Cogn Sci. 2024 Apr 13:S1364-6613(24)00059-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.006. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHumans often pursue idiosyncratic goals that appear remote from functional ends, including information gain. We suggest that this is valuable because goals (even prima facie foolish or unachievable ones) contain structured information that scaffolds thinking and planning. By evaluating hypotheses and plans with respect to their goals, humans can discover new ideas that go beyond prior knowledge and observable evidence. These hypotheses and plans can be transmitted independently of their original motivations, a...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - April 15, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Junyi Chu Joshua B Tenenbaum Laura E Schulz Source Type: research
Brain states as wave-like motifs
Trends Cogn Sci. 2024 Apr 5:S1364-6613(24)00057-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.004. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThere is ample evidence of wave-like activity in the brain at multiple scales and levels. This emerging literature supports the broader adoption of a wave perspective of brain activity. Specifically, a brain state can be described as a set of recurring, sequential patterns of propagating brain activity, namely a wave. We examine a collective body of experimental work investigating wave-like properties. Based on these works, we consider brain states as waves using a scale-agnostic framework across time and space...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - April 6, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Maya Foster Dustin Scheinost Source Type: research
Response to Fittipaldi etal. (2024)
Trends Cogn Sci. 2024 Apr 5:S1364-6613(24)00074-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.008. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38582655 | DOI:10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.008 (Source: Trends Cogn Sci)
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - April 6, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Nicholas J Fendinger Pia Dietze Eric D Knowles Source Type: research
Brain states as wave-like motifs
Trends Cogn Sci. 2024 Apr 5:S1364-6613(24)00057-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.004. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThere is ample evidence of wave-like activity in the brain at multiple scales and levels. This emerging literature supports the broader adoption of a wave perspective of brain activity. Specifically, a brain state can be described as a set of recurring, sequential patterns of propagating brain activity, namely a wave. We examine a collective body of experimental work investigating wave-like properties. Based on these works, we consider brain states as waves using a scale-agnostic framework across time and space...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - April 6, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Maya Foster Dustin Scheinost Source Type: research
Response to Fittipaldi etal. (2024)
Trends Cogn Sci. 2024 Apr 5:S1364-6613(24)00074-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.008. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38582655 | DOI:10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.008 (Source: Trends Cogn Sci)
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - April 6, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Nicholas J Fendinger Pia Dietze Eric D Knowles Source Type: research
Brain states as wave-like motifs
Trends Cogn Sci. 2024 Apr 5:S1364-6613(24)00057-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.004. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThere is ample evidence of wave-like activity in the brain at multiple scales and levels. This emerging literature supports the broader adoption of a wave perspective of brain activity. Specifically, a brain state can be described as a set of recurring, sequential patterns of propagating brain activity, namely a wave. We examine a collective body of experimental work investigating wave-like properties. Based on these works, we consider brain states as waves using a scale-agnostic framework across time and space...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - April 6, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Maya Foster Dustin Scheinost Source Type: research
Response to Fittipaldi etal. (2024)
Trends Cogn Sci. 2024 Apr 5:S1364-6613(24)00074-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.008. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38582655 | DOI:10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.008 (Source: Trends Cogn Sci)
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - April 6, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Nicholas J Fendinger Pia Dietze Eric D Knowles Source Type: research
Brain states as wave-like motifs
Trends Cogn Sci. 2024 Apr 5:S1364-6613(24)00057-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.004. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThere is ample evidence of wave-like activity in the brain at multiple scales and levels. This emerging literature supports the broader adoption of a wave perspective of brain activity. Specifically, a brain state can be described as a set of recurring, sequential patterns of propagating brain activity, namely a wave. We examine a collective body of experimental work investigating wave-like properties. Based on these works, we consider brain states as waves using a scale-agnostic framework across time and space...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - April 6, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Maya Foster Dustin Scheinost Source Type: research
Response to Fittipaldi etal. (2024)
Trends Cogn Sci. 2024 Apr 5:S1364-6613(24)00074-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.008. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38582655 | DOI:10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.008 (Source: Trends Cogn Sci)
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - April 6, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Nicholas J Fendinger Pia Dietze Eric D Knowles Source Type: research
Brain states as wave-like motifs
Trends Cogn Sci. 2024 Apr 5:S1364-6613(24)00057-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.03.004. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThere is ample evidence of wave-like activity in the brain at multiple scales and levels. This emerging literature supports the broader adoption of a wave perspective of brain activity. Specifically, a brain state can be described as a set of recurring, sequential patterns of propagating brain activity, namely a wave. We examine a collective body of experimental work investigating wave-like properties. Based on these works, we consider brain states as waves using a scale-agnostic framework across time and space...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - April 6, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Maya Foster Dustin Scheinost Source Type: research
