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Asd; Autism spectrum disorder; Hri; Human robot interactiojn; Theory of mind; Tom

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Do Autistic Individuals Experience The Uncanny Valley Phenomenon?: The Role Of Theory Of Mind In Human-Robot Interaction, Isabella Jaramillo Aug 2015

Do Autistic Individuals Experience The Uncanny Valley Phenomenon?: The Role Of Theory Of Mind In Human-Robot Interaction, Isabella Jaramillo

HIM 1990-2015

Theory of Mind (ToM) has repeatedly been defined as the ability to understand that others believe their own things based on their own subjective interpretations and experiences, and that their thoughts are determined independently from your own. In this study, we wanted to see if individual differences in ToM are capable of causing different perceptions of an individual's interactions with human like robotics and highlight whether or not individual differences in ToM account for different levels of how individuals experience what is called the "Uncanny Valley phenomenon" and to see whether or not having a fully developed theory of mind …