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Estimating mutual information for spike trains: a bird song example
Jake Witter, Conor Houghton
Zebra finch are a model animal used in the study of audition. They are adept at recognizing zebra finch songs and the neural pathway involved in song recognition is well studied. H…
Signatures of Bayesian inference emerge from energy efficient synapses
James Malkin, Cian O'Donnell, Conor Houghton +1
Biological synaptic transmission is unreliable, and this unreliability likely degrades neural circuit performance. While there are biophysical mechanisms that can increase reliabil…
An Ising-like model for language evolution
Conor Houghton
I propose a novel Ising-like model of language evolution. In a simple way, Ising-like models represent the countervailing tendencies towards convergence and change present in langu…
Social Value Orientation and Integral Emotions in Multi-Agent Systems
Daniel Collins, Conor Houghton, Nirav Ajmeri
Human social behavior is influenced by individual differences in social preferences. Social value orientation (SVO) is a measurable personality trait which indicates the relative i…
Spatial community structure impedes language amalgamation in a population-based iterated learning model
George Sains, Conor Houghton, Seth Bullock
The iterated learning model is an agent-based model of language evolution notable for demonstrating the emergence of compositional language. In its original form, it modelled langu…