Our ability to understand others' minds stands at the foundation of human learning,
communication, cooperation, and social life more broadly. Although humans' ability to …

The perception of agency in human robot interaction has become increasingly important as
robots become more capable and more social. There are, however, no accepted or …

We expect children to learn new words, skills, and ideas from various technologies. When
learning from humans, children prefer people who are reliable and trustworthy, yet children …

To enable natural and fluid human-robot interactions, robots need to not only be able to
communicate with humans through natural language, but also do so in a way that complies …

Children are develo** alongside interactive technologies that can move, talk, and act like
agents, but it is unclear if children's beliefs about the agency of these household …

The perception of agency in robots and AI characters has become increasingly important as
different agents increase their capabilities. Experiment 1 took an existing measure of …

Gossip is a human behavior that has been shown to strengthen bonds, trust, and the feeling
of inclusion between the gossiper and the person with whom they share the gossip. As …

What is the relationship between trust and perceived agency? The present study
experimentally investigated the effect of people's perception of a robot's compliance (and …

Human robot interactions are ever increasing, and tasks requiring collaboration between
humans and robots are becoming prevalent in a varied number of fields such as education …

Robots are increasingly taking on roles in contexts in which ethical decision making is
necessary. In this paper, we offer a set of tools to study one central capacity of future moral …