Yoeri Nijs
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Yoeri Nijs is a developmental psychologist whose research lies at the intersection of child development, social cognition, and human-robot interaction. His most cited work, "Children’s lying behaviour in interactions with personified robots" (2016), is a pioneering study that investigates how young children aged 4 to 6 years behave when faced with a moral dilemma involving a robotic agent. Using a temptation resistance paradigm, Nijs examined whether children would lie to a robot dog in the same way they might to a human instructor. This work has garnered 5 citations and is notable for being one of the first to explore children’s deceptive behavior toward non-human social partners, raising important questions about how children perceive and interact with increasingly lifelike technologies. Nijs’s contributions bridge developmental psychology and robotics, offering insights into the ethical and social implications of children’s relationships with AI. His research is particularly relevant for educators, roboticists, and psychologists interested in how young minds navigate truth-telling in a world populated by both human and artificial agents.
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- 1Children’s lying behaviour in interactions with personified robots5 citations · 2016