339 research outputs found
Auditory gaydar: perception of sexual orientation based on female voice
We investigated auditory gaydar (i.e., the ability to recognize sexual orientation) in female speakers, addressing three related issues: whether auditory gaydar is (1) accurate, (2) language-dependent (i.e., occurs only in some languages, but not in others), and (3) ingroup-specific (i.e., occurs only when listeners judge speakers of their own language, but not when they judge foreign language speakers). In three experiments, we asked Italian, Portuguese, and German participants (total N = 466) to listen to voices of Italian, Portuguese, and German women, and to rate their sexual orientation. Our results showed that auditory gaydar was not accurate; listeners were not able to identify speakersâ sexual orientation correctly. The same pattern emerged consistently across all three languages and when listeners rated foreign-language speakers.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio
Can(ât) wait to have a robot at home? â Japanese and German usersâ attitudes toward service robots in smart homes
Bernotat J, Eyssel FA. Can(ât) wait to have a robot at home? â Japanese and German usersâ attitudes toward service robots in smart homes. In: Proceedings of the 27th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). 2018: 15-22
A robot at home â How affect, technology commitment, and personality traits influence user experience in an intelligent Robotics Apartment
Bernotat J, Eyssel FA. A robot at home â How affect, technology commitment, and personality traits influence user experience in an intelligent Robotics Apartment. In: Proceedings of the 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). 2017: 641-646
Pay Them No Mind: the Influence of Implicit and Explicit Robot Mind Perception on the Right to be Protected
Mind perception is a fundamental part of anthropomorphism and has recently been suggested to be a dual process. The current research studied the influence of implicit and explicit mind perception on a robotâs right to be protected from abuse, both in terms of participants condemning abuse that befell the robot as well as in terms of participantsâ tendency to humiliate the robot themselves. Results indicated that acceptability of robot abuse can be manipulated through explicit mind perception, yet are inconclusive about the influence of implicit mind perception. Interestingly, explicit attribution of mind to the robot did not make people less likely to mistreat the robot. This suggests that the relationship between a robotâs perceived mind and right to protection is far from straightforward, and has implications for researchers and engineers who want to tackle the issue of robot abuse
We share the euro, but not our humanity: Humanity attributions are associated with the perceived causes, consequences, and solution to the Greek financial crisis
Political and financial crises are complex and multi-determined situations whose solutions depend on multiple factors. To understand these conflicts, we explore to what extent mutual outgroup dehumanization along with ingroup humanization between the parts involved in the conflict predict the interpretation of the different facets of the political situation (i.e. interpretation of the crisis, the perceived consequences, or the possible solutions). In this article, we focused on the dispute between Germany and Greece catalyzed by a Greek referendum in 2015. We assessed to what extent mutual (de)humanization between Germans and Greeks predicted the interpretation of the conflict. Our results showed a mutual dehumanization: Greeks mechanizing Germans and Germans animalizing Greeks. For Germans, dehumanizing the Greeks was linked to worse perceived Greek financial administration and minimizing the perception of the Greeksâ suffering, whereas humanizing the ingroup was associated with more outgroup responsibility. For Greeks, dehumanizing the Germans was associated with a desire to avoid German financial control, whereas ingroup humanization was associated with better financial administration, less responsibility, and a higher perception of suffering among Greeks. In short, dehumanizing the other members of the European Union (EU) while humanizing their own nationality contributed to the neglect of the problems inside the EU, shaping the understanding of the economic conflict among both nations
Shape it â The influence of robot body shape on gender perception in robots
Bernotat J, Eyssel FA, Sachse J. Shape it â The influence of robot body shape on gender perception in robots. In: Kheddar A, Yoshida E, Ge SS, et al., eds. Social Robotics. 9th International Conference, ICSR 2017, Tsukuba, Japan, November 22-24, 2017, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence. Vol 10652. Cham: Springer; 2017: 75-84
Perception of artificial agents and utterance friendliness in dialogue
Griffiths S, Eyssel FA, Philippsen A, Pietsch C, Wachsmuth S. Perception of artificial agents and utterance friendliness in dialogue. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction at the AISB Convention 2015. The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour; 2015.The present contribution investigates the construction of
dialogue structure for the use in human-machine interaction
especially for robotic systems and embodied conversational
agents. We are going to present a methodology and findings of a
pilot study for the design of task-specific dialogues.
Specifically, we investigated effects of dialogue complexity on
two levels: First, we examined the perception of the embodied
conversational agent, and second, we studied participantsâ
performance following HRI. To do so, we manipulated the agentâs
friendliness during a brief conversation with the user in a
receptionist scenario.
The paper presents an overview of the dialogue system, the
process of dialogue construction, and initial evidence from an
evaluation study with naĂŻve users (N = 40). These users
interacted with the system in a task-based dialogue in which they
had to ask for the way in a building unknown to them. Afterwards
participants filled in a questionnaire. Our findings show that
the users prefer the friendly version of the dialogue which
scored higher values both in terms of data collected via a
questionnaire and in terms of data collected during the run of
the experiment.
Implications of the present research for follow-up studies are
discussed, specifically focusing on the effects that dialogue
features have on agent perception and on the userâs evaluation
and performance
Robots in education : an introduction to high-tech social agents, intelligent tutors, and curricular Tools
Robots in Education is an accessible introduction to the use of robotics in formal learning, encompassing pedagogical and psychological theories as well as implementation in curricula. Today, a variety of communities across education are increasingly using robots as general classroom tutors, tools in STEM projects, and subjects of study. This volume explores how the unique physical and social-interactive capabilities of educational robots can generate bonds with students while freeing instructors to focus on their individualized approaches to teaching and learning. Authored by a uniquely interdisciplinary team of scholars, the book covers the basics of robotics and their supporting technologies; attitudes toward and ethical implications of robots in learning; research methods relevant to extending our knowledge of the field; and more
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