Editorial: Investigating Human Nature and Communication through Robots

Frontiers in Psychology

Shuichi Nishio¹ 

关键词: robot;    communication;    enhancement;    human nature;    teleoperation;    embodiment;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01784

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this research topic was to gather findings and hypothesis on how robotic devices have changed, or may change, ways of communication between people. In the last two decades, people acquired new means for communication; cellphones, e-mail, chat, SNS, and so on. With such communication media, along with the progress in information technologies and devices such as World Wide Web (WWW) and smartphones, ones lifestyle has rapidly changed. We can now talk with others anywhere and anytime, can send and receive not just text or voice but also images, movies to express our ideas and feelings in finer detail. Such changes not only increased the bandwidth and relaxed the distance limitation of communication; they also changed how people communicate with each other. Such changes provided researchers with new sources and methods for investigating human nature such as cognitive properties and sociological tendencies.

【 授权许可】

CC BY