"Who's there?": Depicting identity in interaction

Patrick G. T. Healey; Christine Howes; Ruth Kempson; Gregory J. Mills; Matthew Purver; Eleni Gregoromichelaki; Arash Eshghi; Julian Hough

doi:10.1017/S0140525X22001492

"Who's there?": Depicting identity in interaction

Patrick G. T. Healey, Christine Howes, Ruth Kempson, Gregory J. Mills, Matthew Purver, Eleni Gregoromichelaki, Arash Eshghi, Julian Hough

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Abstract

Social robots have limited social competences. This leads us to view them as depictions of social agents rather than actual social agents. However, people also have limited social competences. We argue that all social interaction involves the depiction of social roles and that they originate in, and are defined by, their function in accounting for failures of social competence.

Original language	English
Article number	e37
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	46
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X22001492
Publication status	Published - 5 Apr 2023

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