Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Apr 29, 2019
Social interaction is an extremely complex yet vital component in daily life. We present a bottom-up approach for the emergence of social behaviours from the interaction of the curiosity drive, i.e. the intrinsic motivation to learn as much as possib...
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Apr 29, 2019
Imagined contact (IC), that is, mentally simulating an interaction with an outgroup member, reduces negative attitudes towards outgroup members, increases contact intentions, and reduces intergroup anxiety in human-human intergroup context. Our exper...
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Apr 29, 2019
This opinion paper discusses how human-robot interaction (HRI) methodologies can be robustly developed by drawing on insights from fields outside of HRI that explore human-other interactions. The paper presents a framework that draws parallels betwee...
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Apr 29, 2019
Initiating joint attention by leading someone's gaze is a rewarding experience which facilitates social interaction. Here, we investigate this experience of leading an agent's gaze while applying a more realistic paradigm than traditional screen-base...
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Apr 29, 2019
In social interactions, we rely on non-verbal cues like gaze direction to understand the behaviour of others. How we react to these cues is determined by the degree to which we believe that they originate from an entity with a mind capable of having ...
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Apr 29, 2019
To what extent can humans form social relationships with robots? In the present study, we combined functional neuroimaging with a robot socializing intervention to probe the flexibility of empathy, a core component of social relationships, towards ro...
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Apr 29, 2019
We present a novel functional magnetic resonance imaging paradigm for second-person neuroscience. The paradigm compares a human social interaction (human-human interaction, HHI) to an interaction with a conversational robot (human-robot interaction, ...
PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation
Sep 1, 2018
Adaptation, cooperation, and trust are at the center of rehabilitation. Artificial intelligence and robots enhance adaptation with guidance for movement, cues for sensation, control of environment, and improved situational awareness. That said, how d...
Physical review. E
May 1, 2018
Social learning is widely observed in many species. Less experienced agents copy successful behaviors exhibited by more experienced individuals. Nevertheless, the dynamical mechanisms behind this process remain largely unknown. Here we assume that a ...
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
May 1, 2018