DocumentCode
2102826
Title
The role of agent behavior in mentalistic attributions by observers
Author
Johnson, Susan C. ; Ma, Erica
Author_Institution
Dept. of Psychol., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
fYear
2005
fDate
13-15 Aug. 2005
Firstpage
723
Lastpage
728
Abstract
A series of studies examined the possibility that humans, including infants as young as 12 months, attribute the mental abilities of perception and goal-directedness to morphologically unfamiliar agents. When participants observed a morphologically ambiguous object interact contingently with its environment they were able to monitor and follow its attentional focus, identify its goal, and describe its behavior as mentalistic.
Keywords
cognition; cooperative systems; human computer interaction; observers; agent behavior; goal-directedness; mentalistic attributions; observers; perception; Face; Facial animation; Home appliances; Humans; Lamps; Monitoring; Morphology; Pediatrics; Psychology; Shape;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2005. ROMAN 2005. IEEE International Workshop on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9274-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ROMAN.2005.1513865
Filename
1513865
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