Difference in attitudes towards humanoid robots can be correlated with brain activity, measured by electroencephalogram (EEG). (IMAGE)

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - IIT

Difference in attitudes towards humanoid robots can be correlated with brain activity, measured by electroencephalogram (EEG).

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Researchers at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Italy found that people's bias towards robots, that is, attributing them intentionality or considering them as "mindless things", can be correlated with distinct brain activity patterns. The study has been published in Science Robotics.

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