Examining joint attention with the use of humanoid robots-A new approach to study fundamental mechanisms of social cognition

P Chevalier, K Kompatsiari, F Ciardo… - Psychonomic Bulletin & …, 2020 - Springer
This article reviews methods to investigate joint attention and highlights the benefits of new
methodological approaches that make use of the most recent technological developments …

You look human, but act like a machine: agent appearance and behavior modulate different aspects of human–robot interaction

A Abubshait, E Wiese - Frontiers in psychology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Gaze following occurs automatically in social interactions, but the degree to which gaze is
followed depends on whether an agent is perceived to have a mind, making its behavior …

Mechanisms for the cognitive processing of attractiveness in adult and infant faces: From the evolutionary perspective

H Kou, Q **e, T Bi - Frontiers in psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Research on the cognitive processing of facial attractiveness has mainly focused on adult
faces. Recent studies have revealed that the cognitive processing of facial attractiveness in …

From believing to belief: a general theoretical model

RJ Seitz, RF Paloutzian, HF Angel - Journal of Cognitive …, 2018 - direct.mit.edu
Cognitive neuroscience research has begun to explore the mental processes underlying
what a belief and what believing are. Recent evidence suggests that believing involves …

On the role of eye contact in gaze cueing

K Kompatsiari, F Ciardo, V Tikhanoff, G Metta… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Most experimental protocols examining joint attention with the gaze cueing paradigm are
“observational” and “offline”, thereby not involving social interaction. We examined whether …

Process of believing as fundamental brain function: The concept of credition

HF Angel, RJ Seitz - SFU Forschungsbulletin, 2016 - journals.sfu.ac.at
Trotz eines langen Diskurses in Theologie,(Religions-) Philosophie und auch (Neuro-)-
Psychologie fehlen allgemein anerkannte und konsensfähige Definitionen, die das gesamte …

Processes of believing: Where do they come from? What are they good for?

RJ Seitz, RF Paloutzian, HF Angel - F1000Research, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite the long scholarly discourse in Western theology and philosophy on religion,
spirituality, and faith, explanations of what a belief and what believing is are still lacking …

Seeing minds in others: Mind perception modulates low-level social-cognitive performance and relates to ventromedial prefrontal structures

E Wiese, GA Buzzell, A Abubshait, PJ Beatty - Cognitive, Affective, & …, 2018 - Springer
In social interactions, we rely on nonverbal cues like gaze direction to understand the
behavior of others. How we react to these cues is affected by whether they are believed to …

To follow or not to follow your gaze: The interplay between strategic control and the eye contact effect on gaze-induced attention orienting.

K Kompatsiari, F Ciardo… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Eye contact constitutes a strong communicative signal in human interactions and has been
shown to modulate various cognitive processes and states. However, little is known about its …

Gaze following is modulated by expectations regarding others' action goals

J Perez-Osorio, HJ Müller, E Wiese, A Wykowska - Plos one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Humans attend to social cues in order to understand and predict others' behavior. Facial
expressions and gaze direction provide valuable information to infer others' mental states …