Anthropomorphism, not depiction, explains interaction with social robots.

Journal: The Behavioral and brain sciences
Published Date: Apr 5, 2023

Abstract

We question the role given to depiction in Clark and Fischer's account of interaction with social robots. Specifically, we argue that positing a unique cognitive process for handling depiction is evolutionarily implausible and empirically redundant because the phenomena it is intended to explain are not limited to depictive contexts and are better explained by reference to more general cognitive processes.

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  • Dawson Petersen
    Linguistics Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA DHP1@email.sc.edu.
  • Amit Almor
    Department of Psychology, Linguistics Program, Institute for Mind and Brain, Barnwell College, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA almor@sc.eduhttps://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/artsandsciences/psychology/our_people/directory/almor_amit.php.

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