@inproceedings{3385516a82cd4dd5a181fa32b797865a,
title = "Influence of Animallike Affective Non-verbal Behavior on Children's Perceptions of a Zoomorphic Robot",
abstract = "Zoomorphic robots are a promising tool for animal welfare education and could be used to teach children that animals have minds and emotions and thereby reduce acceptance of cruelty towards animals. This study investigated the influence of animallike affective non-verbal behavior on children's perceptions of the attributes and mental abilities of a zoomorphic robot, as well as their acceptance of cruelty towards it. Children who interacted with a robot that displayed animallike affective non-verbal behavior ascribed a significantly higher level of mental abilities. Higher levels of perceived mental abilities were not generally correlated with lower acceptance of cruelty but higher levels of perceived social attributes were. Post-hoc analysis of reasoning given for unacceptability of cruelty found that the group of children who made moral judgments about the cruelty had rated the zoomorphic robot as significantly more animate.",
author = "Isobel Voysey and Lynne Baillie and Joanne Williams and {Michael Herrmann}, J.",
note = "Funding Information: *This work was supported by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Grant Number EP/S023208/1).; 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2022 ; Conference date: 29-08-2022 Through 02-09-2022",
year = "2022",
month = sep,
day = "30",
doi = "10.1109/RO-MAN53752.2022.9900621",
language = "English",
series = "International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers",
pages = "1443--1450",
booktitle = "RO-MAN 2022 - 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication",
address = "United States",
}