ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2019
From social brains to social robots: applying neurocognitive insights to human-robot interaction.
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- Attachment to robots and therapeutic efficiency in mental health.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Perceptions of intelligence & sentience shape children's interactions with robot reading companions.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Can the robot "see" what I see? Robot gaze drives attention depending on mental state attribution.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- User Profiling to Enhance Clinical Assessment and Human-Robot Interaction: A Feasibility Study.International journal of social robotics · 2023Article
- Tracking human interactions with a commercially-available robot over multiple days.Open research Europe · 2022Article
- Insights on embodiment induced by visuo-tactile stimulation during robotic telepresence.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Levels of naturalism in social neuroscience research.iScience · 2021Review
- Development Issues of Healthcare Robots: Compassionate Communication for Older Adults with Dementia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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- Social Robots for Supporting Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Diagnosis and Treatment.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Can You Activate Me? From Robots to Human Brain.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2021Article
- I Am Looking for Your Mind: Pupil Dilation Predicts Individual Differences in Sensitivity to Hints of Human-Likeness in Robot Behavior.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2021Article
- Dynamic human and avatar facial expressions elicit differential brain responses.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2020Article
- Cross-Talk of Low-Level Sensory and High-Level Cognitive Processing: Development, Mechanisms, and Relevance for Cross-Modal Abilities of the Brain.Frontiers in neurorobotics · 2020Review
- Comparison of Human Social Brain Activity During Eye-Contact With Another Human and a Humanoid Robot.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2020Article
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Abstract
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 questions concerning how humans perceive and interact with these agents and the extent to which the human brain incorporates intelligent machines into our social milieu. This theme issue surveys and discusses the latest findings, current challenges and future directions in neuroscience- and psychology-inspired human-robot interaction (HRI). Critical questions are explored from a transdisciplinary perspective centred around four core topics in HRI: technical solutions for HRI, development and learning for HRI, robots as a tool to study social cognition, and moral and ethical implications of HRI. Integrating findings from diverse but complementary research fields, including social and cognitive neurosciences, psychology, artificial intelligence and robotics, the contributions showcase ways in which research from disciplines spanning biological sciences, social sciences and technology deepen our understanding of the potential and limits of robotic agents in human social life. This article is part of the theme issue 'From social brains to social robots: applying neurocognitive insights to human-robot interaction'.
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