Investigations on empathy towards humans and robots using fMRI

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Highlights：

• We examine emotional reactions and empathy towards robots and humans using fMRI.

• Overall HHI and HRI elicit similar neural activation patterns in limbic structures.

• Abusive HHI results in more neural activation than abusive HRI.

• Self-report findings regarding participant’s emotional states support fMRI results.

摘要

•We examine emotional reactions and empathy towards robots and humans using fMRI.•Overall HHI and HRI elicit similar neural activation patterns in limbic structures.•Abusive HHI results in more neural activation than abusive HRI.•Self-report findings regarding participant’s emotional states support fMRI results.

论文关键词：Human–robot interaction,Empathy,Psychophysiological measures,Functional magnetic resonance imaging,Experimental study

论文评审过程：Available online 14 February 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.01.004