3 papers
cs.CV2025
Cross-modal Associations in Vision and Language Models: Revisiting the Bouba-Kiki Effect
Tom Kouwenhoven, Kiana Shahrasbi, Tessa Verhoef
Recent advances in multimodal models have raised questions about whether vision-and-language models (VLMs) integrate cross-modal information in ways that reflect human cognition. O…
cs.CL2025
Shaping Shared Languages: Human and Large Language Models' Inductive Biases in Emergent Communication
Tom Kouwenhoven, Max Peeperkorn, Roy de Kleijn +1
Languages are shaped by the inductive biases of their users. Using a classical referential game, we investigate how artificial languages evolve when optimised for inductive biases…
cs.CL2024
Searching for Structure: Investigating Emergent Communication with Large Language Models
Tom Kouwenhoven, Max Peeperkorn, Tessa Verhoef
Human languages have evolved to be structured through repeated language learning and use. These processes introduce biases that operate during language acquisition and shape lingui…