?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Talking+Nets%3A+A+Multi-Agent+Connectionist+Approach+to+Communication+and+Trust+between+Individuals+%0A&rft.creator=Van+Overwalle%2C+Frank&rft.creator=Heylighen%2C+Francis&rft.subject=Social+simulation&rft.description=A+multi-agent+connectionist+model+is+proposed+that+consists+of+a+collection+of+individual+recurrent+networks+that+communicate+with+each+other%2C+and+as+such+is+a+network+of+networks.+The+individual+recurrent+networks+simulate+the+process+of+information+uptake%2C+integration+and+memorization+within+individual+agents%2C+while+the+communication+of+beliefs+and+opinions+between+agents+is+propagated+along+connections+between+the+individual+networks.+A+crucial+aspect+in+belief+updating+based+on+information+from+other+agents+is+the+trust+in+the+information+provided.+In+the+model%2C+trust+is+determined+by+the+consistency+with+the+receiving+agents%E2%80%99+existing+beliefs%2C+and+results+in+changes+of+the+connections+between+individual+networks%2C+called+trust+weights.+Thus+activation+spreading+and+weight+change+between+individual+networks+is+analogous+to+standard+connectionist+processes%2C+although+trust+weights+take+a+specific+function.+Specifically%2C+they+lead+to+a+selective+propagation+and+thus+filtering+out+of+less+reliable+information%2C+and+they+implement+Grice%E2%80%99s+(1975)+maxims+of+quality+and+quantity+in+communication.+The+unique+contribution+of+communicative+mechanisms+beyond+intra-personal+processing+of+individual+networks+was+explored+in+simulations+of+key+phenomena+involving+persuasive+communication+and+polarization%2C+lexical+acquisition%2C+spreading+of+stereotypes+and+rumors%2C+and+a+lack+of+sharing+unique+information+in+group+decisions.+&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4889%2F1%2FTalkingNets3.pdf&rft.identifier=++Van+Overwalle%2C+Frank+and+Heylighen%2C+Francis++(2006)+Talking+Nets%3A+A+Multi-Agent+Connectionist+Approach+to+Communication+and+Trust+between+Individuals.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4889%2F