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01-01-2013 | Original Article

Experimental study on co-evolution of categorical perception and communication systems in humans

Auteurs: Hiroyuki Iizuka, Davide Marocco, Hideyuki Ando, Taro Maeda

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 1/2013

Abstract

In this paper, we present an experiment that integrates a semiotic investigation with a dynamical perspective on embodied social interactions. The primary objective is to study the emergence of a communication system between two interacting individuals, where no dedicated communication modalities are predefined and the only possible interaction is very simple, non-directional, and embodied. Throughout the experiment, we observe the following three phenomena: (1) the spontaneous emergence of turn-taking behaviour that allows communication in non-directional environments; (2) the development of an association between behaviours and perceptive categories; (3) the acquisition of novel meaning by exploiting the notion of complementary set theory.

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Titel: Experimental study on co-evolution of categorical perception and communication systems in humans
Auteurs: Hiroyuki Iizuka
Davide Marocco
Hideyuki Ando
Taro Maeda
Publicatiedatum: 01-01-2013
Uitgeverij: Springer-Verlag
Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research / Uitgave 1/2013
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-012-0420-5

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