Social robot and human cognitive performance

This multidisciplinary research program gathers researchers in psychology, robotics and philosophy to examine the psychological impact of human-robots interactions.

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Spatola, N., & Normand, A. (2020). Human vs. machine: the psychological and behavioral consequences of being compared to an outperforming artificial agent. Psychological Research, 1-11.

Spatola, N., Anier, N., Redersdorff, S., Ferrand, L., Belletier, C., Normand, A.*, Huguet, P.* (2019, *equal contribution). National stereotypes and robots' perception: the "made in" effect. Frontiers in Robotics and AI.

Spatola, N., Belletier, C., Chausse, P., Augustinova, M., Normand, A., Barra, V., ... & Huguet, P. (2019). Improved Cognitive Control in Presence of Anthropomorphized Robots. International Journal of Social Robotics, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-018-00511-w

Spatola, N., Belletier, C., Normand, A., Chausse, P., Monceau, S., Augustinova, M., Barra, V., Huguet, P.*, Ferrand, L.* (2018, *equal contribution). Not as bad as it seems: When the presence of a threatening humanoid robot improves human performance. Science Robotics, 3(21). 10.1126/scirobotics.aat5843