The robotic mentalist – On the influences of robots’ mentalizing abilities and external manipulative intent on people’s credibility attributions

Robots are used in various social interactions that require them to be perceived as credible agents (e.g., as product recommenders in shopping malls). To be rated credible (i.e., competent, trustworthy, and caring) a robot’s mentalizing abilities have shown to be beneficial because they allow a robo...

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Main Authors: Marcel Finkel, Nicole C. Krämer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.993302/full