dc.contributor.author |
Broadbent, Elizabeth |
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dc.contributor.author |
Lee, Y |
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dc.contributor.author |
Stafford, R |
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dc.contributor.author |
Kuo, I-Han |
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dc.contributor.author |
MacDonald, Bruce |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2011-11-13T20:39:15Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2011 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
International Journal of Social Robotics 2011(3):291-297 2011 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1875-4791 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/8963 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Robots are often portrayed in the media as humanlike, yet research suggests that people prefer to interact with robots that are not human-like. This study aimed to investigate whether people’s mental schemas about robots’ humanness were associated with their reactions to a robot. It was hypothesised that people who thought of robots as more human-like would be more anxious when subsequently interacting with a robot. Fifty-seven participants aged over 40 years were asked to draw their idea of a healthcare robot using standardised instructions before seeing the real robot. They reported their emotions at baseline and a medical student measured their blood pressure. The drawings were categorised as human-like or box-like by the researchers and drawing size was measured. Participants were then introduced to a robot that measured their blood pressure, and they reported their emotions during the interaction. Participants who had drawn a human-like robot had significantly greater increases in blood pressure readings and negative emotions from baseline in reaction to the robot compared to those who had drawn a box-like robot. Larger drawings of healthcare robots predicted higher ratings of negative emotions during the robot interaction. This study suggests that people who have mental schemas that robots are human-like experience heightened wariness in interactions with robots. Larger drawings of robots may indicate greater anxiety towards them. Assessing mental schemas of robot human-likeness is an important consideration for the acceptance of social robots. Standardised drawing instructions and scoring are a useful method to assess cognitions and emotions towards robots. |
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dc.publisher |
Springer Science & Business Media BV |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
International Journal of Social Robotics |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Details obtained from http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1875-4791/ |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Mental Schemas of Robots as More Human-Like Are Associated with Higher Blood Pressure and Negative Emotions in a Human-Robot Interaction |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1007/s12369-011-0096-9 |
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pubs.issue |
3 |
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pubs.begin-page |
291 |
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pubs.volume |
2011 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: Springer Science & Business Media BV |
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pubs.end-page |
297 |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
218681 |
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pubs.org-id |
Engineering |
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pubs.org-id |
Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering |
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pubs.org-id |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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pubs.org-id |
School of Medicine |
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pubs.org-id |
Psychological Medicine Dept |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2011-08-13 |
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