About the Authors

Jennifer M. D. Yoon

davie.yoon@nyu.edu

Affiliation Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY, United States of America

Nathan Witthoft

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States of America

Jonathan Winawer

Affiliation Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY, United States of America

Michael C. Frank

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States of America

Daniel L. Everett

Affiliation Department of Sociology, Bentley University, Waltham, MA, United States of America

Edward Gibson

Affiliation Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JY NW JW MCF. Performed the experiments: MCF EG NW JY. Analyzed the data: JY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JY NW JW. Wrote the paper: JY MCF NW JW. English- Pirahã language translation: DLE.