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38The role of social eye-gaze in children’s and adults’ ownership attributions to robotic agents in three culturesInteraction Studies. Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systemsinteraction Studies / Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systemsinteraction Studies 16 (1): 1-28. 2015.Young children often treat robots as social agents after they have witnessed interactions that can be interpreted as social. We studied in three experiments whether four-year-olds from three cultures and adults from two cultures will attribute ownership of objects to a robot that engages in social gaze with a human. Participants watched videos of robot-human interactions, in which objects were possessed or new objects were created. Children and adults applied the same ownership rules to humans a…Read more
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20Can infants use robot gaze for object learning?: The effect of verbalizationInteraction Studies 14 (3): 351-365. 2013.
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29Toward social mechanisms of android science: A CogSci 2005 Workshop: 25 and 26 July 2005, Stresa, ItalyInteraction Studies 7 (2): 289-296. 2006.
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49Questionnaire-based social research on opinions of Japanese visitors for communication robots at an exhibitionAI and Society 21 (1-2): 167-183. 2007.This paper reports the results of questionnaire-based research conducted at an exhibition of interactive humanoid robots that was held at the Osaka Science Museum, Japan. The aim of this exhibition was to investigate the feasibility of communication robots connected to a ubiquitous sensor network, under the assumption that these robots will be practically used in daily life in the not-so-distant future. More than 90,000 people visited the exhibition. A questionnaire was given to the visitors to …Read more
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74Can young children learn words from a robot?Interaction Studies. Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systemsinteraction Studies / Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systemsinteraction Studies 12 (1): 107-118. 2011.Young children generally learn words from other people. Recent research has shown that children can learn new actions and skills from nonhuman agents. This study examines whether young children could learn words from a robot. Preschool children were shown a video in which either a woman or a mechanical robot labeled novel objects. Then the children were asked to select the objects according to the names used in the video. The results revealed that children in the human condition were more likely…Read more
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Osaka UniversityRegular Faculty
Suita, Ōsaka, Japan
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |