Autistic traits and sensitivity to human-like features of robot behavior

作者：Wykowska Agnieszka; Kajopoulos Jasmin; Ramirez Amaro Karinne; Cheng Gordon

来源：Interaction Studies, 2015, 16(2): 219-248.

DOI：10.1075/is.16.2.09wyk

• Human-robot interaction
• Non-verbal Turing test
• Autism-Spectrum Quotient
• Human-like behavior
• Individual differences
• Gaze cueing
• Shared attention
• Social robotics

This study examined individual differences in sensitivity to human-like features of a robot's behavior. The paradigm comprised a non-verbal Turing test with a humanoid robot. A "programmed" condition differed from a "human-controlled" condition by onset times of the robot's eye movements, which were either fixed across trials or modeled after prerecorded human reaction times, respectively. Participants judged whether the robot behavior was programmed or human-controlled, with no information regarding the differences between respective conditions. Autistic traits were measured with the autism-spectrum quotient (AQ) questionnaire in healthy adults. We found that the fewer autistic traits participants had, the more sensitive they were to the difference between the conditions, without explicit awareness of the nature of the difference. We conclude that although sensitivity to fine behavioral characteristics of others varies with social aptitude, humans are in general capable of detecting human-like behavior based on very subtle cues.

• 出版日期2015