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Embodied Joint Agency in Human-Robot Interactions
| Resumo: | Recent technological advances illustrated that artificial agents such as robots are increasingly present in our societies and lives. Yet, the examination of how interactions with artificial agents such as robots impact the human sense of self, sense of agency and sense of embodiment remains unclear. This thesis aimed to examine the relationship between (dis)-embodiment, sense of self and sense of joint agency in human-robot interactions (HRI). Specifically, I focused on Depersonalization (DP), a condition characterized by distressing feelings of being detached from one’s self and body, sometimes described by people as “feeling like a robot”. Two overarching research questions guided my inquiry: 1) what is the effect of atypical bodily self-experiences, as measured by traits of DP, on higher-order processes involved in social interactions with robots; and 2) what is the effect of interacting with a humanoid robot on humans’ sense of self, embodiment, and (joint) agency. Two studies were conducted to gain insights on these aims: a) a correlation analysis on the relationship between traits of DP and negative attitudes towards robots, and b) an in-person experiment implementing a joint agency task with a robot and a human. Our findings reveal a significant positive correlation between DP traits and negative attitudes towards robots. Namely: higher traits of DP correspond to more negative attitudes towards robots. Furthermore, findings from the second phase suggest that participants feel more depersonalized after compared to before interacting with the robot, while the opposite trend was displayed for human-human interactions. Our findings highlight a connection between DP traits and general attitudes towards robots and suggests that interacting with robots might cause increased states of DP. Ultimately, the current analyses hold relevance for the field of social robotics, philosophical questions surrounding human selfhood and the nature of robots, and ethical concerns related to integration of such technologies into our societies. |
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| Autores principais: | Rørvig, Jesper |
| Assunto: | Interação Humano-Robô Incorporação Self Sentido de Agência Despersonalização Teses de mestrado - 2024 |
| Ano: | 2024 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Resumo: | Recent technological advances illustrated that artificial agents such as robots are increasingly present in our societies and lives. Yet, the examination of how interactions with artificial agents such as robots impact the human sense of self, sense of agency and sense of embodiment remains unclear. This thesis aimed to examine the relationship between (dis)-embodiment, sense of self and sense of joint agency in human-robot interactions (HRI). Specifically, I focused on Depersonalization (DP), a condition characterized by distressing feelings of being detached from one’s self and body, sometimes described by people as “feeling like a robot”. Two overarching research questions guided my inquiry: 1) what is the effect of atypical bodily self-experiences, as measured by traits of DP, on higher-order processes involved in social interactions with robots; and 2) what is the effect of interacting with a humanoid robot on humans’ sense of self, embodiment, and (joint) agency. Two studies were conducted to gain insights on these aims: a) a correlation analysis on the relationship between traits of DP and negative attitudes towards robots, and b) an in-person experiment implementing a joint agency task with a robot and a human. Our findings reveal a significant positive correlation between DP traits and negative attitudes towards robots. Namely: higher traits of DP correspond to more negative attitudes towards robots. Furthermore, findings from the second phase suggest that participants feel more depersonalized after compared to before interacting with the robot, while the opposite trend was displayed for human-human interactions. Our findings highlight a connection between DP traits and general attitudes towards robots and suggests that interacting with robots might cause increased states of DP. Ultimately, the current analyses hold relevance for the field of social robotics, philosophical questions surrounding human selfhood and the nature of robots, and ethical concerns related to integration of such technologies into our societies. |
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