Influence of Animallike Affective Non-verbal Behavior on Children's Perceptions of a Zoomorphic Robot

Isobel Voysey; Lynne Baillie; Joanne Williams; J. Michael Herrmann

doi:10.1109/RO-MAN53752.2022.9900621

Influence of Animallike Affective Non-verbal Behavior on Children's Perceptions of a Zoomorphic Robot

Isobel Voysey, Lynne Baillie, Joanne Williams, J. Michael Herrmann

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Zoomorphic robots are a promising tool for animal welfare education and could be used to teach children that animals have minds and emotions and thereby reduce acceptance of cruelty towards animals. This study investigated the influence of animallike affective non-verbal behavior on children's perceptions of the attributes and mental abilities of a zoomorphic robot, as well as their acceptance of cruelty towards it. Children who interacted with a robot that displayed animallike affective non-verbal behavior ascribed a significantly higher level of mental abilities. Higher levels of perceived mental abilities were not generally correlated with lower acceptance of cruelty but higher levels of perceived social attributes were. Post-hoc analysis of reasoning given for unacceptability of cruelty found that the group of children who made moral judgments about the cruelty had rated the zoomorphic robot as significantly more animate.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1443-1450
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728188591
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN53752.2022.9900621
Publication status	Published - 30 Sept 2022
Event	31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication 2022 - Napoli, Italy Duration: 29 Aug 2022 → 2 Sept 2022 http://www.smile.unina.it/ro-man2022/

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Conference	31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication 2022
Abbreviated title	RO-MAN 2022
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Napoli
Period	29/08/22 → 2/09/22
Internet address	http://www.smile.unina.it/ro-man2022/

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Human Robot Interaction (HRI)

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Human-Computer Interaction
Social Psychology
Communication
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science Applications

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Voysey, I, Baillie, L, Williams, J & Michael Herrmann, J 2022, Influence of Animallike Affective Non-verbal Behavior on Children's Perceptions of a Zoomorphic Robot. in 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). IEEE, pp. 1443-1450, 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication 2022, Napoli, Italy, 29/08/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN53752.2022.9900621

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