arXiv Open Access 2023

Can empathy affect the attribution of mental states to robots?

Cristina Gena Francesca Manini Antonio Lieto Alberto Lillo Fabiana Vernero

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This paper presents an experimental study showing that the humanoid robot NAO, in a condition already validated with regards to its capacity to trigger situational empathy in humans, is able to stimulate the attribution of mental states towards itself. Indeed, results show that participants not only experienced empathy towards NAO, when the robot was afraid of losing its memory due to a malfunction, but they also attributed higher scores to the robot emotional intelligence in the Attribution of Mental State Questionnaire, in comparison with the users in the control condition. This result suggests a possible correlation between empathy toward the robot and humans' attribution of mental states to it.

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cs.RO cs.HC

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Cristina Gena

Francesca Manini

Antonio Lieto

Alberto Lillo

Fabiana Vernero

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Gena, C., Manini, F., Lieto, A., Lillo, A., Vernero, F. (2023). Can empathy affect the attribution of mental states to robots?. https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02897

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Tahun Terbit: 2023
Bahasa: en
Sumber Database: arXiv
Akses: Open Access ✓