Eyeblink Synchrony in Multimodal Human-Android Interaction

Tatsukawa, Kyohei; Nakano, Tamami; Ishiguro, Hiroshi; Yoshikawa, Yuichiro

doi:10.1038/srep39718

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“…The sharing and transformation of children’s emotional states would emanate from their understanding of the emotional experience that typifies the other ( Giannopulu et al, 2016 , 2018 ; Giannopulu, 2018 ). Based on interpersonal synchronisation, this is the essence of the speaker-listener condition ( Tatsukawa et al, 2016 ). In this context, both interlocutors are performing a scenario of communication trying various verbal and non-verbal emotional reactions.…”

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Emotional Empathy as a Mechanism of Synchronisation in Child-Robot Interaction

2018

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Simulating emotional experience, emotional empathy is the fundamental ingredient of interpersonal communication. In the speaker-listener scenario, the speaker is always a child, the listener is a human or a toy robot. Two groups of neurotypical children aged 6 years on average composed the population: one Japanese (n = 20) and one French (n = 20). Revealing potential similarities in communicative exchanges in both groups when in contact with a human or a toy robot, the results might signify that emotional empathy requires the implication of an automatic identification. In this sense, emotional empathy might be considered a broad idiosyncrasy, a kind of synchronisation, offering the mind a peculiar form of communication. Our findings seem to be consistent with the assumption that children’s brains would be constructed to simulate the feelings of others in order to ensure interpersonal synchronisation.

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Emotional Empathy as a Mechanism of Synchronisation in Child-Robot Interaction

2018

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“…The present study also provides suggestions for how we may be able to increase the error rate, that is, by increasing perceived interpersonal closeness and/or establishing behavior synchrony prior to the color perception task. Previous studies have already pointed out that humans display behavior synchrony not only toward other humans (Nakano and Kitazawa, 2010), but also toward an android (Tatsukawa et al, 2016). Furthermore, such studies have shown that adding a modality (e.g., gaze, touch) that biases humans' attitudes toward the android can change the degree of synchrony (Tatsukawa et al, 2016).…”

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“…Previous studies have already pointed out that humans display behavior synchrony not only toward other humans (Nakano and Kitazawa, 2010), but also toward an android (Tatsukawa et al, 2016). Furthermore, such studies have shown that adding a modality (e.g., gaze, touch) that biases humans' attitudes toward the android can change the degree of synchrony (Tatsukawa et al, 2016). Thus, if we introduce other modalities prior to the present experiment, we may be able to establish stronger behavior synchrony and, in turn, observe greater congruence with the agents' answers.…”

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Interpersonal Closeness Correlates With Social Influence on Color Perception Task Using Human and Artificial Agents

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It is well-known that artificial agents, such as robots, can potentially exert social influence and alter human behavior in certain situations. However, it is still unclear what specific psychological factors enhance the social influence of artificial agents on human decision-making. In this study, we performed an experiment to investigate what psychological factors predict the degree to which human partners vs. artificial agents exert social influence on human beings. Participants were instructed to make a decision after a partner agent (human, computer, or android robot) answered the same question in a color perception task. Results indicated that the degree to which participants conformed to the partner agent positively correlated with their perceived interpersonal closeness toward the partner agent. Moreover, participants' responses and accompanying error rates did not differ as a function of agent type. The current findings contribute to the design of artificial agents with high social influence.

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“…In addition to visual information, the uses of tactile stimuli in communication devices to contribute the positive experience of users in remote conversation has recently gathered a great deal of attention. From a psychological perspective, it has been suggested that tactile sensations play an important role in building rapport in interpersonal communication ( Gallace and Spence, 2010 ; Tatsukawa et al, 2016 ). Thus, there have been attempts to integrate tactile functions into various media ( Chang et al, 2002 ; Prattichizzo et al, 2010 ).…”

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Huggable Communication Medium Maintains Level of Trust during Conversation Game

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There have been several attempts in recent years to develop a remote communication device using sensory modalities other than speech that would induce a user’s positive experience with his/her conversation partner. Specifically, Hugvie is a human-shaped pillow as well as a remote communication device enabling users to combine a hugging experience with telecommunication to improve the quality of remote communication. The present research is based on the hypothesis that using Hugvie maintains users’ level of trust toward their conversation partners in situations prone to suspicion. The level of trust felt toward other remote game players was compared between participants using Hugvie and those using a basic communication device while playing a modified version of Werewolf, a conversation-based game, designed to evaluate trust. Although there are always winners and losers in the regular version of Werewolf, the rules were modified to generate a possible scenario in which no enemy was present among the players and all players would win if they trusted each other. We examined the effect of using Hugvie while playing Werewolf on players’ level of trust toward each other and our results demonstrated that in those using Hugvie, the level of trust toward other players was maintained.

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Eyeblink Synchrony in Multimodal Human-Android Interaction

Cited by 14 publications

References 30 publications

Emotional Empathy as a Mechanism of Synchronisation in Child-Robot Interaction

Emotional Empathy as a Mechanism of Synchronisation in Child-Robot Interaction

Interpersonal Closeness Correlates With Social Influence on Color Perception Task Using Human and Artificial Agents

Huggable Communication Medium Maintains Level of Trust during Conversation Game

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