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Cultural differences in the beauty premium.

Scientific reports
A large body of research suggests that better-looking people are associated with various positive outcomes, an effect labeled the beauty premium. However, the vast majority of this evidence has been demonstrated in WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industria...

Explaining disparities in robot applications among nations and regions: A cross-level lens of cultural tightness-looseness.

PloS one
In this study, we aim to explain the large disparities among countries and regions on industrial robot application in terms of robot density and robot growth. Based on the premise that people in all cultures have the same potential for innovation, we...

"Don't stop believing" - Decoding belief dynamics in the brain: An ALE meta-analysis of neural correlates in belief formation and updating.

Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews
Understanding how individuals form and update their beliefs is a fundamental question in cognitive and social psychology. Belief formation (BF) refers to the initial development of an individual's belief, while belief updating (BU) pertains to the re...

How culture modulates anthropomorphism in Human-Robot Interaction: A review.

Acta psychologica
Anthropomorphism is the tendency to attribute human-like characteristics to nonhuman agents, including robots. In the context of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) research, it is relevant to understand what factors are at play in modulating individuals' ...

Exploring cultural imaginaries of robots with children with brittle bone disease: a participatory design study.

Medical humanities
A symbiotic relationship exists between narrative imaginaries of and real-life advancements in technology. Such cultural imaginings have a powerful influence on our understanding of the potential that technology has to affect our lives; as a result, ...

Analyzing intelligent tourism development and public services based on a fuzzy genetic hybrid system to promote environmental and cultural values.

PloS one
Environmental, cultural, and public service-dependent factors encourage the development of a country's tourism. In recent years, automated tourism development using statistical and accumulated data has been exploited to recommend attractive tourist f...

AI and culture: Culturally dependent responses to AI systems.

Current opinion in psychology
This article synthesizes recent research connected to how cultural identity can determine responses to artificial intelligence. National differences in AI adoption imply that culturally-driven psychological differences may offer a nuanced understandi...

Children's animistic beliefs toward a humanoid robot and other objects.

Journal of experimental child psychology
This study examined children's beliefs about a humanoid robot by examining their behavioral and verbal responses. We investigated whether 3- and 5-year-old children would treat the humanoid robot gently along with other objects and tools with and wit...

How policy promotes the integration of culture and tourism? A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis based on the Policy Instrument Theory.

PloS one
Crafting pertinent policies to facilitate the high-level integration of culture and tourism has now become a vital agenda within the current discourse in China. However, relatively little is known about the actual implementation of various policies t...

A deep learning-based dynamic deformable adaptive framework for locating the root region of the dynamic flames.

PloS one
Traditional optical flame detectors (OFDs) in flame detection are susceptible to environmental interference, which will inevitably cause detection errors and miscalculations when confronted with a complex environment. The conventional deep learning-b...