Amanda Guay
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Amanda Guay’s research lies at the intersection of developmental psychology, language acquisition, and human-robot interaction, exploring how infants and young children learn from both human and nonhuman agents. Her most cited work, “Can Infants Use a Nonhuman Agent's Gaze Direction to Establish Word–Object Relations?” (2009, 38 citations), demonstrates that infants as young as 12–18 months can follow a programmable robot’s gaze to learn new words, challenging assumptions that social learning requires human-like cues. This foundational study opened new avenues for understanding the flexibility of early word learning and the role of animacy in social cognition. Guay’s contributions extend to examining how children interpret intentionality from artificial agents, with implications for educational technology and developmental robotics. Her work has been cited in fields ranging from cognitive science to human-robot interaction, highlighting its interdisciplinary impact. By bridging developmental theory and emerging technologies, Guay has helped shape how researchers think about the boundaries of social learning in a world increasingly populated by intelligent machines.
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