The influence of human agency beliefs on ascribing gaze-signalled communicative intent Scientific Reports - The influence of human agency beliefs on ascribing gaze-signalled communicative intent

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How do top-down beliefs about artificial agents shape how we interpret their gaze?

Eye contact+repeated gaze shifts cued communicative #intent, but when #gaze was ambiguous, people saw intentionality only if they believed the agent was 🙋 human (vs 🤖 #AI).

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We found that attributing intention is not automatic — it may be shaped by both perceptual cues and individual cognitive style. This has big implications for how we understand social perception, Robotics, and AI.

(Un)intentionality bias in action observation revisited When observing individuals in action, we often infer their goals and intentions. Yet, in situations where actions are ambiguous and could be either in…

Happy to share our latest study on (Un)intentionality bias in action observation! We found that people perceive ambiguous actions as intentional—especially when posture aligns with the goal. This bias shifts with schizotypal cognitive traits.

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This may mean that recognizing and understanding a humanoid robot is not just about seeing a human-like shape, it is also about integrating the details that tell us it is not alive.

#Robotics #Neuroscience #HRI

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We tested if #Humanoid #Robots are perceived more like a human or an object.
We found that perceiving humanoid robots may require information usually associate with non-living objects.
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Are humanoid robots perceived as mindless mannequins? The shape and texture of humans and humanoid robots provide perceptual information that help us to appropriately categorise these stimuli. However, it…

🤖 New Study on how people perceive Humanoid Robots!

How do we distinguish between humans and #humanoid robots?

Discover more about this work and big thanks to amazing people @escross.bsky.social @richramseyphd.bsky.social @scandle.bsky.social:

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Reliability and Feasibility of Linear Mixed Models in Fully Crossed Experimental Designs - Michele Scandola, Emmanuele Tidoni, 2024 The use of linear mixed models (LMMs) is increasing in psychology and neuroscience research In this article, we focus on the implementation of LMMs in fully cro...

Our work on Linear #MixedModels published in AMPPS! #R #lme4 #Scandola & @letstido.bsky.social #LeedsPsy #HullPsy #Univerona

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We present a clear pipeline for handling #non-convergent and #singular models!