The vast expansion of research in human-robot interactions (HRI) these last decades has
been accompanied by the design of increasingly skilled robots for engaging in joint actions …

The phenomenon of commitment is a cornerstone of human social life. Commitments make
individuals' behavior predictable, thereby facilitating the planning and coordination of joint …

Can the perception that one's partner is investing effort generate a sense of commitment to a
joint action? To test this, we developed a 2-player version of the classic snake game which …

We hypothesize that when honesty is not motivated by selfish goals, it reveals social
preferences that have evolved for convincing strategically vigilant partners that one is a …

Although there is considerable evidence that at least some hel** behavior is motivated by
genuine concern for others' well-being, sometimes we also help solely out of a sense of …

In everyday life, people must often determine how much time and effort to allocate to
cooperative activities. In the current study, we tested the hypothesis that the perception of …

People give surprising weight to others' expectations about their behaviour. I argue the
practice of conforming to others' expectations is ethically well-grounded. A special class of …

Despite the importance of commitment for distinctively human forms of sociality, it remains
unclear how people prioritize and evaluate their own and others' commitments-especially …

As adults, we are quite proficient in generating commitments, and in identifying, kee**
track of, and responding appropriately to our own and others' commitments. This proficiency …

Can commitments be generated without promises or gestures conventionally interpreted as
such? We hypothesized that people believe that commitments are in place when one agent …