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Historical constraints on the evolution of efficient color naming
Colin R. Twomey, David H. Brainard, Joshua B. Plotkin
Color naming in natural languages is not arbitrary: it reflects efficient partitions of perceptual color space modulated by the relative needs to communicate about different colors…
Subcritical escape waves in schooling fish
Winnie Poel, Bryan C. Daniels, Matthew M. G. Sosna +4
Living systems such as neuronal networks and animal groups process information about their environment via the dynamics of interacting units. These can transition between distinct…
Whirligig Beetles as Corralled Active Brownian Particles
Harvey L. Devereux, Colin R. Twomey, Matthew S. Turner +1
We study the collective dynamics of groups of whirligig beetles Dineutus discolor (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae) swimming freely on the surface of water. We extract individual trajectorie…