A new study examines people's responses to cloned faces, which could soon be the norm for humanized robots.
People consider moral decisions made by humanoid robots to be less ethically sound than when another human or traditional-looking robot makes the same decision.
Perceived animacy decreases significantly as a function of exposure time for android faces.
Neuroimaging reveals brain area activity in the amygdala and prefrontal cortex helps people determine the likability of robots and suitability for social partnership.
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