From automata to animate beings: the scope and limits of attributing socialness to artificial agents
Understanding the mechanisms and consequences of attributing socialness to artificial
agents has important implications for how we can use technology to lead more productive …
agents has important implications for how we can use technology to lead more productive …
Why and how to use virtual reality to study human social interaction: The challenges of exploring a new research landscape
As virtual reality (VR) technology and systems become more commercially available and
accessible, more and more psychologists are starting to integrate VR as part of their …
accessible, more and more psychologists are starting to integrate VR as part of their …
Cultural affordances: Scaffolding local worlds through shared intentionality and regimes of attention
In this paper we outline a framework for the study of the mechanisms involved in the
engagement of human agents with cultural affordances. Our aim is to better understand how …
engagement of human agents with cultural affordances. Our aim is to better understand how …
[PDF][PDF] Confronting whiteness through virtual humans: a review of 20 years of research in prejudice and racial bias using virtual environments
Virtual environments (VEs) provide novel ways for users to experience computer generated
people and places, which can be used by researchers to examine and reduce racial bias …
people and places, which can be used by researchers to examine and reduce racial bias …
Interactional leader–follower sensorimotor communication strategies during repetitive joint actions
Non-verbal communication is the basis of animal interactions. In dyadic leader–follower
interactions, leaders master the ability to carve their motor behaviour in order to 'signal'their …
interactions, leaders master the ability to carve their motor behaviour in order to 'signal'their …
Putting ourselves in another's skin: using the plasticity of self-perception to enhance empathy and decrease prejudice
The self is one the most important concepts in social cognition and plays a crucial role in
determining questions such as which social groups we view ourselves as belonging to and …
determining questions such as which social groups we view ourselves as belonging to and …
Boosting and decreasing action prediction abilities through excitatory and inhibitory tDCS of inferior frontal cortex
Influential theories suggest that humans predict others' upcoming actions by using their own
motor system as an internal forward model. However, evidence that the motor system is …
motor system as an internal forward model. However, evidence that the motor system is …
Abstract concepts in interaction: The need of others when guessing abstract concepts smooths dyadic motor interactions
Abstract concepts (ACs, eg 'justice') are more complex compared with concrete concepts
(CCs)(eg 'table'). Indeed, they do not possess a single object as a referent, they assemble …
(CCs)(eg 'table'). Indeed, they do not possess a single object as a referent, they assemble …
Mechanisms for mutual support in motor interactions
What is the key to successful interaction? Is it sufficient to represent a common goal, or does
the way our partner achieves that goal count as well? How do we react when our partner …
the way our partner achieves that goal count as well? How do we react when our partner …
Causative role of left aIPS in coding shared goals during human–avatar complementary joint actions
Successful motor interactions require agents to anticipate what a partner is doing in order to
predictively adjust their own movements. Although the neural underpinnings of the ability to …
predictively adjust their own movements. Although the neural underpinnings of the ability to …