Dr Limor Raviv

  • Affiliate (School of Psychology & Neuroscience)

Research interests

Why are there so many different languages in the word? How did this astonishing linguistic diversity come about? And what are the social, environmental, and cognitive pressures that shape the evolution of language in our species?

These are some of the most fascinating questions in cognitive science and linguistics, and represent the range of topics in my research so far.

My work focuses on linking core aspects of cultural evolution and language learning using a range of novel behavioral paradigms and computational models. With these methods, I try to shed light on the communicative pressures and cognitive constraints that shape social interaction and language use, and to identify the social, environmental, and cross-cultural factors that lead to language diversity and cross-linguistic variation.

Besides language evolution, I am also interested in animal cognition and communication, child development, psycholinguistics, AI and swarm robotics, data analysis, and open science.

See all publications at: https://www.limorravivevolang.com

Publications

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Number of items: 15.

2024

Galke, Lukas, Ram, Yoav and Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553 (2024) Deep neural networks and humans both benefit from compositional language structure. Nature Communications, 15(1), 10816. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-55158-1) (PMID:39738033) (PMCID:PMC11685529)

Tsomokos, Dimitris I. and Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553 (2024) A bidirectional association between language development and prosocial behavior in childhood: Evidence from a longitudinal birth cohort in the United Kingdom. Developmental Psychology, (doi: 10.1037/dev0001875) (Early Online Publication)

Galke, Lukas and Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553 (2024) Learning and communication pressures in neural networks: Lessons from emergent communication. Language Development Research, 5(1), pp. 116-143. (doi: 10.34842/3vr5-5r49)

Josserand, Mathilde, Pellegrino, François, Grosseck, Oxana, Dediu, Dan and Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553 (2024) Adapting to individual differences: an experimental study of language evolution in heterogeneous populations. Cognitive Science, 48(11), e70011. (doi: 10.1111/cogs.70011) (PMID:39501418)

Zhou, Haoyu, van der Ham, Sabine, de Boer, Bart, Bogaerts, Louisa and Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553 (2024) Modality and stimulus effects on distributional statistical learning: Sound vs. sight, time vs. space. Journal of Memory and Language, 138, 104531. (doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2024.104531)

Ozaki, Y. et al. (2024) Globally, songs and instrumental melodies are slower, higher, and use more stable pitches than speech: a registered report. Science Advances, 10(20), eadm9797. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adm9797) (PMID:38748798)

2023

Raghavan, Renuka, Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553 and Peeters, David (2023) What's your point? Insights from virtual reality on the relation between intention and action in the production of pointing gestures. Cognition, 240, 105581. (doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105581)

Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553, Jacobson, Sarah L., Plotnik, Joshua M., Bowman, Jacob, Lynch, Vincent and Benítez-Burraco, Antonio (2023) Elephants as an animal model for self-domestication. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(15), e220860712. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2208607120) (PMID:37011191) (PMCID:PMC10104499)

2022

Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553, Lupyan, Gary and Green, Shawn C. (2022) How variability shapes learning and generalization. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 26(6), pp. 462-483. (doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2022.03.007) (PMID:35577719)

2021

Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553, de Heer Kloots, Marianne and Meyer, Antje (2021) What makes a language easy to learn? A preregistered study on how systematic structure and community size affect language learnability. Cognition, 210, 104620. (doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104620) (PMID:33571814)

2020

Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553, Meyer, Antje and Lev‐Ari, Shiri (2020) The role of social network structure in the emergence of linguistic structure. Cognitive Science, 44(8), e12876. (doi: 10.1111/cogs.12876) (PMID:32808326)

2019

Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553, Meyer, Antje and Lev-Ari, Shiri (2019) Larger communities create more systematic languages. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 286(1907), 20191262. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.1262) (PMID:31311478) (PMCID:PMC6661353)

Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553, Meyer, Antje and Lev-Ari, Shiri (2019) Compositional structure can emerge without generational transmission. Cognition, 182, pp. 151-164. (doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2018.09.010) (PMID:30267952)

2018

Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553 and Arnon, Inbal (2018) Systematicity, but not compositionality: examining the emergence of linguistic structure in children and adults using iterated learning. Cognition, 181, pp. 160-173. (doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2018.08.011) (PMID:30218912)

Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553 and Arnon, Inbal (2018) The developmental trajectory of children's auditory and visual statistical learning abilities: modality-based differences in the effect of age. Developmental Science, 21(4), e12593. (doi: 10.1111/desc.12593) (PMID:28901038)

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Number of items: 15.

Articles

Galke, Lukas, Ram, Yoav and Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553 (2024) Deep neural networks and humans both benefit from compositional language structure. Nature Communications, 15(1), 10816. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-55158-1) (PMID:39738033) (PMCID:PMC11685529)

Tsomokos, Dimitris I. and Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553 (2024) A bidirectional association between language development and prosocial behavior in childhood: Evidence from a longitudinal birth cohort in the United Kingdom. Developmental Psychology, (doi: 10.1037/dev0001875) (Early Online Publication)

Galke, Lukas and Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553 (2024) Learning and communication pressures in neural networks: Lessons from emergent communication. Language Development Research, 5(1), pp. 116-143. (doi: 10.34842/3vr5-5r49)

Josserand, Mathilde, Pellegrino, François, Grosseck, Oxana, Dediu, Dan and Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553 (2024) Adapting to individual differences: an experimental study of language evolution in heterogeneous populations. Cognitive Science, 48(11), e70011. (doi: 10.1111/cogs.70011) (PMID:39501418)

Zhou, Haoyu, van der Ham, Sabine, de Boer, Bart, Bogaerts, Louisa and Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553 (2024) Modality and stimulus effects on distributional statistical learning: Sound vs. sight, time vs. space. Journal of Memory and Language, 138, 104531. (doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2024.104531)

Ozaki, Y. et al. (2024) Globally, songs and instrumental melodies are slower, higher, and use more stable pitches than speech: a registered report. Science Advances, 10(20), eadm9797. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adm9797) (PMID:38748798)

Raghavan, Renuka, Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553 and Peeters, David (2023) What's your point? Insights from virtual reality on the relation between intention and action in the production of pointing gestures. Cognition, 240, 105581. (doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105581)

Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553, Jacobson, Sarah L., Plotnik, Joshua M., Bowman, Jacob, Lynch, Vincent and Benítez-Burraco, Antonio (2023) Elephants as an animal model for self-domestication. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(15), e220860712. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2208607120) (PMID:37011191) (PMCID:PMC10104499)

Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553, Lupyan, Gary and Green, Shawn C. (2022) How variability shapes learning and generalization. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 26(6), pp. 462-483. (doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2022.03.007) (PMID:35577719)

Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553, de Heer Kloots, Marianne and Meyer, Antje (2021) What makes a language easy to learn? A preregistered study on how systematic structure and community size affect language learnability. Cognition, 210, 104620. (doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104620) (PMID:33571814)

Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553, Meyer, Antje and Lev‐Ari, Shiri (2020) The role of social network structure in the emergence of linguistic structure. Cognitive Science, 44(8), e12876. (doi: 10.1111/cogs.12876) (PMID:32808326)

Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553, Meyer, Antje and Lev-Ari, Shiri (2019) Larger communities create more systematic languages. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 286(1907), 20191262. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.1262) (PMID:31311478) (PMCID:PMC6661353)

Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553, Meyer, Antje and Lev-Ari, Shiri (2019) Compositional structure can emerge without generational transmission. Cognition, 182, pp. 151-164. (doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2018.09.010) (PMID:30267952)

Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553 and Arnon, Inbal (2018) Systematicity, but not compositionality: examining the emergence of linguistic structure in children and adults using iterated learning. Cognition, 181, pp. 160-173. (doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2018.08.011) (PMID:30218912)

Raviv, Limor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-3553 and Arnon, Inbal (2018) The developmental trajectory of children's auditory and visual statistical learning abilities: modality-based differences in the effect of age. Developmental Science, 21(4), e12593. (doi: 10.1111/desc.12593) (PMID:28901038)

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 18:44:00 2025 BST.

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