Editorial: Understanding Social Signals: How Do We Recognize the Intentions of Others?

Frontiers in Psychology

Sebastian Loth¹ 

关键词: social signals;    social communication;    intention recognition;    human–;    robot interaction;    human–;    human interaction;    experimental methods;    interaction design;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00281

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Humans interact with each other seamlessly, smoothly, and without obvious effort. Social signals are the basis of this highly effective communication. These signals are speech utterances, body movements such as gestures, manipulations of objects, and combinations thereof. For example, interlocutors typically position themselves in an F-formation (Goffman, 1963; Ciolek and Kendon, 1980; Kendon, 1990) and thereby signal to each other that they are part of that interaction. If another participant joins that interaction, the interlocutors integrate her in a new F-formation. The movements of each individual were comparably inconspicuous, but the intention for producing them was easily recognizable to the recipient. Humans use these signals intuitively and without conscious awareness. But in order to enable a robot to understand and respond appropriately to social signals, their form and function have to be made explicit. This research topic presents methods for identifying, understanding, and applying social signals in human–machine interaction.

【 授权许可】

CC BY