Neural correlates of empathy towards robots

We conducted an fMRI study to investigate emotionality in human-robot interaction. Subjects (N=14) were presented videos showing a human, a robot and an unanimated object, being treated in either an affectionate or a violent way. Violent interaction towards both the robot and the human resulted in s...

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Hauptverfasser:	Rosenthal-von der Putten, Astrid M., Schulte, F. P., Eimler, S. C., Hoffmann, L., Sobieraj, S., Maderwald, S., Kramer, N. C., Brand, M.
Format:	Tagungsbericht
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Activation Conferences Correlation empathy experimental study functional magnetic resonance imaging Hippocampus Human Human-robot interaction Magnetic resonance imaging Process control Robots Videos
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Zusammenfassung:	We conducted an fMRI study to investigate emotionality in human-robot interaction. Subjects (N=14) were presented videos showing a human, a robot and an unanimated object, being treated in either an affectionate or a violent way. Violent interaction towards both the robot and the human resulted in similar neural activation patterns in classic limbic structures indicating that both the robot and the human elicit similar emotional reactions. However, differences in neural activity suggest that participants show more negative empathetic concern for the human in a negative situation.
ISSN:	2167-2121 2167-2148 2167-2121
DOI:	10.1109/HRI.2013.6483578