Action-oriented approaches to cognition which emphasize the constitutive role of sensorimotor patterns for perception are gaining importance for the study of cognitive processes in the human brain as well as for endowing artificial agents with cognit...
Integrative psychological & behavioral science
Oct 31, 2025
This paper introduces Speech Act Deflection and Misalignment Analysis (SADMA), an AI-assisted methodology for identifying conversational misalignments that reveal underlying interpersonal dynamics. Grounded in a "meaning-as-a-response" framework-comb...
People increasingly use conversational AI for support and companionship. Yet, current discourse on AI companions reveals a stark divide: some scholars argue that feeling connected to AI is impossible due to AI's inability to experience emotions, whil...
While social robots offer potential benefits like task assistance and companionship, their integration raises concerns about the erosion of human connection and the dehumanization of care. Through a qualitative study of older adults, family caregiver...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing talent acquisition, with organizations increasingly replacing humans with AI technologies in personnel selection processes. Field studies of nurses provide preliminary evidence that AI can outperform hu...
Cooperative relationships between humans and agents are becoming more important for the social coexistence of anthropomorphic agents, including virtual agents and robots. One way to improve the relationship between humans and agents is for humans to ...
Concurrent developments in robotic design and natural language processing (NLP) have enabled the production of humanoid chatbots that can operate in commercial and community settings. Though still novel, the presence of physically embodied social rob...
This study investigates the effect of transformer encoder architecture on the classification accuracy of high-inference discourse elements in classroom settings. Recognizing the importance of capturing nuanced interactions between students and teache...
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