Ludovic Maisonneuve

When to learn from elders or peers: accessibility-knowledgeability trade-offs explain variation in age-biased social learning

The paper models how age-biased social learning evolves in structured populations, showing that individuals shift from learning from peers to elders as they age due to trade-offs between knowledge and accessibility.

How does stochasticity in learning impact the accumulation of knowledge and the evolution of learning?

This study uses a mathematical model to show that stochasticity in learning increases cumulative knowledge by promoting variability, which enhances selection for knowledge acquisition and investment in learning.

The 'sexual selection hypothesis' for the origin of aposematism

This study proposes that aposematic signals may have evolved through sexual selection, leading to increased predation pressure and the eventual development of anti-predator defenses.

The coevolution of learning schedules and teaching enhances cumulative knowledge and drives a teacher-innovator syndrome

This study shows that coevolving learning schedules and teaching enhance cumulative knowledge and create a teacher-innovator syndrome across generations.