The topic of mental state attribution to robots has been approached by researchers from a
variety of disciplines, including psychology, neuroscience, computer science, and …

Ethicists, policy-makers, and the general public have questioned whether artificial entities
such as robots warrant rights or other forms of moral consideration. There is little synthesis of …

Robot-mediated therapies for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have shown promising results
in the past. We have proposed a novel mathematical model based on an adaptive multi …

Moral reasoning and decision making help guide behavior and facilitate interpersonal
relationships. Accounts of morality that position commonsense psychology as the foundation …

The last decade has witnessed intense interest in how people perceive the minds of other
entities (humans, non-human animals, and non-living objects and forces) and how this …

Background Underconnectivity in the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) may be associated
with a weakened ability to interpret social signals in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and …

Reducing wealth inequality is a global challenge that requires the transformation of the
economic systems that produce inequality. The economic system comprises:(1) gifts and …

Morality is important for how humans treat each other and non-human animals. Differences
in moral reasoning have been found between autistic and neurotypical individuals …

Human moral reactions to artificial intelligence (AI) agents' behavior constitute an important
aspect of modern-day human–AI relationships. Although previous studies have mainly …

The posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) plays pivotal roles in cognitive, social and emotional
processing, as well as early neural development that supports complex interactions among …