Paying attention to faces is of special interest for humans as well as for scientific research.
The experimental manipulation of facial information offers an ecologically valid approach to …

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

As robots advance from the pages and screens of science fiction into our homes, hospitals,
and schools, they are poised to take on increasingly social roles. Consequently, the need to …

Joint attention is a pivotal mechanism underlying human ability to interact with one another.
The fundamental nature of joint attention in the context of social cognition has led …

The potential for robots to support education is being increasingly studied and rapidly
realised. However, most research evaluating education robots has neglected to examine the …

High perceptual load is thought to impair the early processing of task-irrelevant distractors.
In contrast, for emotional faces, previous studies have shown that early event-related …

Introducing automated vehicles into road traffic and robots into urban public environments
puts artificial agents in space-sharing conflicts with humans. Humans anticipate, avoid, and …

Background Deficits in establishing and maintaining eye-contact are early and persistent
vulnerabilities of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and the neural bases of these deficits …

Eye contact with a social robot has been shown to elicit similar psychophysiological
responses to eye contact with another human. However, it is becoming increasingly clear …

This study examined whether interacting with a humanoid robot influences children's gaze
aversion, an effortless strategy that people commonly use to facilitate thinking when asked …