Autistic traits, personality, and evaluations of humanoid robots by young and older adults

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Highlights：

• Young and older adults rated various humanoid robot videos on multiple dimensions.

• Remarkably, older adults rated robots as more likable, and showed higher levels of autistic traits.

• Strong correlations between rated likeability and human likeness.

• We find evidence for an uncanny valley that may relate to animated presentation.

• We discuss potential for older adults on the autistic spectrum to benefit from social robots.

摘要

•Young and older adults rated various humanoid robot videos on multiple dimensions.•Remarkably, older adults rated robots as more likable, and showed higher levels of autistic traits.•Strong correlations between rated likeability and human likeness.•We find evidence for an uncanny valley that may relate to animated presentation.•We discuss potential for older adults on the autistic spectrum to benefit from social robots.

论文关键词：Humanoid robots,Old adults,Autistic traits,Personality,Visual appearance

论文评审过程：Received 3 May 2019, Revised 12 December 2019, Accepted 7 January 2020, Available online 8 January 2020, Version of Record 19 January 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106256