Emmanuele Tidoni
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Social Neuroscience | University of Leeds | #Neuroscience #Robotics #HTLab | https://mastodon.social/@letstido
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Happy to share our latest study on (Un)intentionality bias in action observation! We found that people perceive ambiguous actions as intentional—especially when posture aligns with the goal. This bias shifts with schizotypal cognitive traits.

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(Un)intentionality bias in action observation revisited
When observing individuals in action, we often infer their goals and intentions. Yet, in situations where actions are ambiguous and could be either in…
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We found that attributing intention is not automatic — it may be shaped by both perceptual cues and individual cognitive style. This has big implications for how we understand social perception, Robotics, and AI.
letstido.bsky.social
Happy to share our latest study on (Un)intentionality bias in action observation! We found that people perceive ambiguous actions as intentional—especially when posture aligns with the goal. This bias shifts with schizotypal cognitive traits.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
(Un)intentionality bias in action observation revisited
When observing individuals in action, we often infer their goals and intentions. Yet, in situations where actions are ambiguous and could be either in…
www.sciencedirect.com
letstido.bsky.social
This may mean that recognizing and understanding a humanoid robot is not just about seeing a human-like shape, it is also about integrating the details that tell us it is not alive.

#Robotics #Neuroscience #HRI

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We tested if #Humanoid #Robots are perceived more like a human or an object.
We found that perceiving humanoid robots may require information usually associate with non-living objects.
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