TY - GEN
T1 - Mind attribution to Androids
T2 - 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2017
AU - Trovato, Gabriele
AU - Eyssel, Friederike
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This experiment was possible also thanks to the Science Dialogue program from Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). We thank the teaching staff from Kariya High School (Aichi-ken, Japan), and Eng. De Puri and Ms. Giambi from Liceo Scientifico F. Cecioni (Livorno, Italy), for supporting our research by letting us collect data as part of the class time.
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PY - 2017/12/8
Y1 - 2017/12/8
N2 - The attribution of mental states to humanoid robots is a complex psychological phenomenon, as it depends on several factors, including robot's appearance, its behaviour, its country of origin, as well as peoples' cultural background, and exposition to robots. In this paper, we present a cross-cultural study on mind attribution to androids comparing Italian and Japanese high school students' evaluations. Results suggest that the cultural in-group bias not necessarily applies to mind attribution, as some other factors, such as anthropomorphism of nature, and exposure to robots related popular culture, can modify how androids are perceived.
AB - The attribution of mental states to humanoid robots is a complex psychological phenomenon, as it depends on several factors, including robot's appearance, its behaviour, its country of origin, as well as peoples' cultural background, and exposition to robots. In this paper, we present a cross-cultural study on mind attribution to androids comparing Italian and Japanese high school students' evaluations. Results suggest that the cultural in-group bias not necessarily applies to mind attribution, as some other factors, such as anthropomorphism of nature, and exposure to robots related popular culture, can modify how androids are perceived.
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U2 - 10.1109/ROMAN.2017.8172358
DO - 10.1109/ROMAN.2017.8172358
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85045836853
T3 - RO-MAN 2017 - 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
SP - 561
EP - 566
BT - RO-MAN 2017 - 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 28 August 2017 through 1 September 2017
ER -