A Cross-Cultural Comparison on Implicit and Explicit Attitudes Towards Artificial Agents.

Fabiola Diana, Misako Kawahara, Isabella Saccardi, Ruud Hortensius, Akihiro Tanaka, Mariska E Kret

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Article in International journal of social robotics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Fabiola DianaComparative Psychology and Affective Neuroscience Lab, Cognitive Psychology Unit, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5999-2145

Misako KawaharaDepartment of Psychology, Tokyo Woman's Christian University, 2-6-1 Zempukuji, Suginamiku, Tokyo 167-8585 Japan.

Isabella SaccardiDepartment of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, Princeton Square 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Ruud HortensiusDepartment of Psychology, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 1, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Akihiro TanakaDepartment of Psychology, Tokyo Woman's Christian University, 2-6-1 Zempukuji, Suginamiku, Tokyo 167-8585 Japan.

Mariska E KretComparative Psychology and Affective Neuroscience Lab, Cognitive Psychology Unit, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

Historically, there has been a great deal of confusion in the literature regarding cross-cultural differences in attitudes towards artificial agents and preferences for their physical appearance. Previous studies have almost exclusively assessed attitudes using self-report measures (i.e., questionnaires). In the present study, we sought to expand our knowledge on the influence of cultural background on explicit Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12369-022-00917-7.

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Cross-culturalExplicit attitudesHuman-like robotsHuman–robot interactionImplicit attitudesMachine-like robots

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DOI10.1007/s12369-022-00917-7

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