Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Apr 29, 2019
The field of social robotics offers an unprecedented opportunity to probe the process of impression formation and the effects of identity-based stereotypes (e.g. about gender or race) on social judgements and interactions. We present the concept of f...
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Apr 29, 2019
Communication with humans is a multi-faceted phenomenon where the emotions, personality and non-verbal behaviours, as well as the verbal behaviours, play a significant role, and human-robot interaction (HRI) technologies should respect this complexit...
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
From neuroscience, brain imaging and the psychology of memory, we are beginning to assemble an integrated theory of the brain subsystems and pathways that allow the compression, storage and reconstruction of memories for past events and their use in ...
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Apr 29, 2019
Amidst the fourth industrial revolution, social robots are resolutely moving from fiction to reality. With sophisticated artificial agents becoming ever more ubiquitous in daily life, researchers across different fields are grappling with the questio...
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, ...
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Apr 29, 2019
Trust is a critical issue in human-robot interactions: as robotic systems gain complexity, it becomes crucial for them to be able to blend into our society by maximizing their acceptability and reliability. Various studies have examined how trust is ...
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Apr 29, 2019
Human-centred AI/Robotics are quickly becoming important. Their core claim is that AI systems or robots must be designed and work for the benefits of humans with no harm or uneasiness. It essentially requires the realization of autonomy, sociality an...