Publications by authors named "Anna-Elisabeth Baumann"
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- This study explores how 3-year-old children learn and trust information from a competent robot compared to an incompetent human, focusing on their responses to different informants.
- During the experiment, children observed the robot successfully pointing to a toy, while the human pointed to an empty box, establishing the robot's competency.
- Results showed that children were more likely to ask the robot for help and recognized it as accurate, but they equally accepted pointers from both informants, highlighting their ability to differentiate based on knowledge rather than social cues.
In the target article, Clark and Fischer argue that little is known about children's perceptions of social robots. By reviewing the existing literature we demonstrate that infants and young children interact with robots in the same ways they do with other social agents. Importantly, we conclude children's understanding that robots are artifacts (e.
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- Scientists wanted to know when kids can tell the difference between living things (like animals) and non-living things (like robots).
- They tested 3- and 5-year-olds by asking them about robots and how they think these robots work inside.
- The study found that while 3-year-olds were confused about robots, 5-year-olds could correctly figure out that mechanical parts belong inside robots, but they still sometimes got mixed up with a robot that looks human.