We do not anthropomorphize a robot based only on its cover: context matters too!

M Dubois-Sage, B Jacquet, F Jamet, J Baratgin - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The increasing presence of robots in our society raises questions about how these objects
are perceived by users. Individuals seem inclined to attribute human capabilities to robots, a …

Social robots as depictions of social agents

HH Clark, K Fischer - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2023 - cambridge.org
Social robots serve people as tutors, caretakers, receptionists, companions, and other social
agents. People know that the robots are mechanical artifacts, yet they interact with them as if …

What Does it Mean to Measure Mind Perception toward Robots? A Critical Review of the Main Self-Report Instruments

V Galvez, E Hanono - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2024 - Springer
Although most studies that seek to measure participants' judgments and attitudes regarding
humanoid robots' possessing (or appearing to possess) a mind or mental capacities have …

When performing actions with robots, attribution of intentionality affects the sense of joint agency

UP Navare, F Ciardo, K Kompatsiari, D De Tommaso… - Science Robotics, 2024 - science.org
Sense of joint agency (SoJA) is the sense of control experienced by humans when acting
with others to bring about changes in the shared environment. SoJA is proposed to arise …

" Off Script:" Design Opportunities Emerging from Long-Term Social Robot Interactions In-the-Wild

JE Michaelis, B Cagiltay, R Ibtasar… - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Social robots are becoming increasingly prevalent in the real world. Unsupervised user
interactions in a natural and familiar setting, such as the home, can reveal novel design …

[HTML][HTML] It feels, therefore it is: Associations between mind perception and mind ascription for social robots

K Koban, J Banks - Computers in Human Behavior, 2024 - Elsevier
As social robots are increasingly designed with sophisticated simulations of human skills, it
becomes essential to understand boundary conditions of people's engagement of them as …

The positive effect of artificial intelligence technology transparency on digital endorsers: Based on the theory of mind perception

X Wang, X Qiu - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2024 - Elsevier
Digital endorsers, blending AI technology and endorsers attributes, are increasingly
replacing traditional human endorsers in marketing. Unlike the trend where users show less …

Development and validation of the Attribution of Mental States Questionnaire (AMS-Q): A reference tool for assessing anthropomorphism

L Miraglia, G Peretti, F Manzi, C Di Dio… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Attributing mental states to others, such as feelings, beliefs, goals, desires, and attitudes, is
an important interpersonal ability, necessary for adaptive relationships, which underlies the …

Studying mind perception in social robotics implicitly: The need for validation and norming

TN Pekçetin, B Barinal, J Tunç, C Acarturk… - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The recent shift towards incorporating implicit measurements into the mind perception
studies in social robotics has come along with its promises and challenges. The implicit …

Type of education affects individuals' adoption of intentional stance towards robots: an EEG study

C Roselli, UP Navare, F Ciardo… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Research has shown that, under certain circumstances, people can adopt the Intentional
Stance towards robots and thus treat them as intentional agents. Previous evidence showed …