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Jonathan Redshaw is a developmental psychologist whose research explores how children perceive and learn from both human and non-human agents, particularly robots. His work sits at the intersection of cognitive development, social learning, and human-robot interaction. Redshaw’s most influential study, “Children’s perceptions of the moral worth of live agents, robots, and inanimate objects” (2019, 62 citations), reveals how children attribute moral standing differently to living beings versus machines, offering foundational insights into the development of ethical reasoning. He has also investigated early imitation, showing in “The early ontogeny of infants’ imitation of on screen humans and robots” (2021, 15 citations) that infants as young as 12 months can learn from robot models, challenging assumptions about the uniqueness of human social cues. In “The man and the machine” (2021, 11 citations), Redshaw demonstrated that children transmit tool-use knowledge acquired from robots similarly to human models, suggesting robots can serve as effective pedagogical agents. His research has implications for education, AI ethics, and our understanding of how children navigate an increasingly automated world.