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(2013) : Loneliness makes the heart grow fonder (of robots) — On the effects of loneliness on psychological anthropomorphism In: Kuzuoka, Hideaki: 2013 8th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI): 3 - 6 March 2013, Tokyo, Japan ; [including workshop papers: 2013 8th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI): Tokyo, Japan: 3/3/2013 - 3/6/2013. Association for Computing Machinery; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction; Hri; Workshop on Eye-Gaze in Intelligent Human-Machine Interaction; Workshop on Design of Human Likeness in HRI from Uncanny Valley to Minimal Design; Workshop on Collaborative Manipulation: New Challenges for Robotics and HRI; Workshop on Probabilistic Approaches for Robot Control in Human-Robot Interaction (PARC-HRI); HRI Pioneers Workshop; Workshop on Applications for Emotional Robots: Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, S. 121-122
Abstract: Sociality motivation represents an essential driving force for human behavior and well-being. If the need for affiliation is not satisfied and social interaction partners are unavailable, people might use an alternative strategy: Nonhuman entities, such as pets or religious deities are humanized and turned into social agents. We tested this notion in the context of social robotics and investigated whether activating feelings of loneliness would affect perceptions of anthropomorphism. Results showed that lonely people anthropomorphized the robot FloBi more than participants in the control group. Thus, importantly, users' motivational states need to be considered in the context of human-robot interaction (HRI) as they clearly affect judgments of the robotic interaction partner.
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