APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Loneliness and Social Presence: Human Robot Interaction Mimics Human Human Interaction
- Fernando Montalvo
University of Central Florida - Giovanna Alves
University of Central Florida - Charlotte Payne
University of Central Florida - Jordan Sasser
University of Central Florida - Alexis Burn
University of Central Florida - Daniel McConnell
University of Central Florida - Janan Smither
University of Central Florida
Abstract
The present research explored if differences in social cognition and theory of mind in lonely individuals affected perceived social presence in a conversational human-robot interaction. Results show that, for lonely individuals, social presence in human-robot interaction follows a similar path to human-human interaction.
Applied Experimental
