The influence of a robot's mere presence on human communication
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Does the mere presence of a robot change the way that a patient thinks about and behaves toward her medical provider? We investigated this question using a commercially-available robot that millions of people will soon encounter. Fifty-one participants interacted with a nutritionist in the presence of either a tablet (control), a robot with unmoving eyes that stared toward the participant (nonsocial implicit cue), or a robot with eyes that tracked the participant's face (social implicit cue). Participants in the social robot condition looked at the nutritionist more than those in the nonsocial condition, and perceived her less warmly than those in the control condition. Those in the presence of either robot also contributed less to their conversations with the nutritionist than those in the presence of a tablet. Discussion focuses on causal mechanisms; the validity of concepts like sociality; the ambiguous meaning of eye movements; and implications for design, doctor-patient rapport, and human culture.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2017 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Dole, Lorin |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Communication. |
| Primary advisor | Bailenson, Jeremy |
| Primary advisor | Ju, Wendy, 1975- |
| Thesis advisor | Bailenson, Jeremy |
| Thesis advisor | Ju, Wendy, 1975- |
| Thesis advisor | Reeves, Byron, 1949- |
| Thesis advisor | Schwartz, Daniel L |
| Advisor | Reeves, Byron, 1949- |
| Advisor | Schwartz, Daniel L |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Lorin Dole. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Communication. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2017. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2017 by Lorin Daniel Dole
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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