Vocal Synchrony of Robots Boosts Positive Affective Empathy

Vocal Synchrony of Robots Boosts Positive Affective Empathy

Robots that can talk with humans play increasingly important roles in society. However, current conversation robots remain unskilled at eliciting empathic feelings in humans. To address this problem, we used a robot that speaks in a voice synchronized with human vocal prosody. We conducted an experi...

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Main Authors: Shogo Nishimura, Takuya Nakamura, Wataru Sato, Masayuki Kanbara, Yuichiro Fujimoto, Hirokazu Kato, Norihiro Hagita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:Applied Sciences
Subjects:
human–robot interaction
affective empathy
nonverbal synchrony
prosodic features
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/6/2502

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