TY - JOUR
T1 - Theory of mind and humanoid robots from a lifespan perspective
AU - Marchetti, Antonella
AU - Manzi, Federico
AU - Itakura, Shoji
AU - Massaro, Davide
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This review focuses on some relevant issues concerning the relationship between theory of mind (ToM) and humanoid robots. Humanoid robots are employed in different everyday-life contexts, so it seems relevant to question whether the relationships between human beings and humanoids can be characterized by a mode of interaction typical of the relationships between human beings, that is, the attribution of mental states. Because ToM development continuously undergoes changes from early childhood to late adulthood, we adopted a lifespan perspective. We analyzed contributions from the literature by organizing them around the partition between "mental states and actions" and "human-like features." Finally, we considered how studying human-robot interaction, within a ToM context, can contribute to our understanding of the intersubjective nature of this interaction.
AB - This review focuses on some relevant issues concerning the relationship between theory of mind (ToM) and humanoid robots. Humanoid robots are employed in different everyday-life contexts, so it seems relevant to question whether the relationships between human beings and humanoids can be characterized by a mode of interaction typical of the relationships between human beings, that is, the attribution of mental states. Because ToM development continuously undergoes changes from early childhood to late adulthood, we adopted a lifespan perspective. We analyzed contributions from the literature by organizing them around the partition between "mental states and actions" and "human-like features." Finally, we considered how studying human-robot interaction, within a ToM context, can contribute to our understanding of the intersubjective nature of this interaction.
KW - Human-robot interaction (HRI)
KW - Humanoid
KW - Intersubjectivity
KW - Theory of mind (ToM)
KW - Human-robot interaction (HRI)
KW - Humanoid
KW - Intersubjectivity
KW - Theory of mind (ToM)
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/117283
UR - http://www.psycontent.com/content/122290
U2 - 10.1027/2151-2604/a000326
DO - 10.1027/2151-2604/a000326
M3 - Article
SN - 2190-8370
VL - 226
SP - 98
EP - 109
JO - ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR PSYCHOLOGIE
JF - ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR PSYCHOLOGIE
ER -