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Motamedi, Y., Wolters, L., Naegeli, D., Kirby, S., and Schouwstra, M. (2022). From improvisation to learning: how naturalness and systematicity shape language evolution. Cognition. [Link] [Preprint]
Motamedi, Y., Schouwstra, M., Culbertson, J., Smith, K., and Kirby, S. (2021). The emergence of spatial modulation in artificial sign languages. Journal of Language Evolution. [Link] [Preprint]
Motamedi, Y., Wolters, L., Naegeli, D., Schouwstra, M., & Kirby, S. (2021). Regularisation, Systematicity and Naturalness in a Silent Gesture Learning Task. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. [Link]
Pouw, W. Dingemanse, M., Motamedi, Y., & Ozyurek, A. (2021). A systematic investigation of gesture kinematics in evolving manual languages in the lab. Cognitive Science. [Link] [Preprint]
Murgiano, M., Motamedi, Y., & Vigliocco, G. (2021). Situating Language in the Real-World: The Role of Multimodal Iconicity and Indexicality. Journal of Cognition. [Link] [Preprint]
Motamedi, Y., Murgiano, M., Perniss, P., Wonnacott, E., Marshall, C., Goldin-Meadow, S., & Vigliocco, G. (2021). Linking language to sensory experience: Onomatopoeia in early language development. Developmental Science. [Link]
Motamedi, Y., Schouwstra, M., Culbertson, J., Smith, K., and Kirby, S. (2019). Evolving artificial sign languages in the lab: from improvised gesture to systematic sign. Cognition. [Link] [PDF]
Motamedi, Y., Little, H., Nielsen, A. and Sulik, J. (2019). The iconicity toolbox: empirical approaches to measuring iconicity. Language and Cognition. [Link] [PDF]
Vigliocco, G., Motamedi, Y., Murgiano, M., Wonnacott, E., Marshall, C. R., Milan Maillo, I., & Perniss, P. (In press). Onomatopoeias, gestures, actions and words in the input to children: How do caregivers use multimodal cues in their communication to children? Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society, Austin, TX. [Link] [PDF].
Motamedi, Y., Schouwstra, M., Smith, K., Culbertson, J. & Kirby, S. (2018). The cultural evolution of spatial modulations in artificial sign languages. In Cuskley, C., Flaherty, M., Little, H., McCrohon, L., Ravignani, A. & Verhoef, T. (Eds.): The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference (EVOLANGXII). [Link]
Motamedi, Y., Schouwstra, M., Culbertson, J., Smith, K., and Kirby, S. (2017). The cultural evolution of complex linguistic constructions in artificial sign languages. Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society, Austin, TX.[Link] [PDF]
Motamedi, Y., Schouwstra., M and Kirby, S. (2017). An evolutionary approach to sign language emergence: from state to process. [Peer commentary on “Gesture, sign and language: the coming of age of sign language and gesture studies”]. Behavioural and Brain Sciences. [Link] [PDF]
Motamedi Y., Schouwstra M., Smith K. and Kirby S. (2016). Linguistic Structure Emerges In The Cultural Evolution Of Artificial Sign Languages. In S.G. Roberts et al. (eds.) The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference. [Link]