Social robots and deception, with Jeff Hancock, PhD | Speaking of Psychology

How people interact with robots is influenced by the robots’ characteristics. Whether a robot has eyes or arms or a human-like voice affects our response to them. Jeff Hancock, PhD, has studied the research to date on social robots and learned that robots’ perceived warmth and competence have the strongest effect.

Hancock is founding director of the Stanford Social Media Lab and a professor in the Department of Communication at Stanford University. Hancock works on understanding psychological and interpersonal processes in social media.

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