Yugo Hayashi
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About
Yugo Hayashi is a cognitive scientist and human-computer interaction researcher whose work sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence, robotics, and human decision-making. His research spans three interconnected domains: conversational agents and social robots, AI-assisted judicial decision-making, and robot-facilitated counseling and creative cognition. Hayashi's most influential contribution is a comprehensive systematic meta-review of embodied conversational agents, chatbots, and social assistive robots (2023, 37 citations), synthesizing insights from 315 carefully selected studies out of nearly 2,000 articles — providing a critical psychological foundation for the field. Equally notable is his pioneering investigation into whether AI and robotic systems can reliably support human judgment in legal contexts (2017, 36 citations), a timely and provocative line of inquiry that has since expanded into examining robophobia, social presence, and prior knowledge effects on jury decision-making. More recently, Hayashi has turned his attention to therapeutic applications, developing active listening counseling robots grounded in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, with particular sensitivity to generational differences among older and younger users. His experimental work on robot-facilitated creative cognition further demonstrates the breadth of his contributions. Hayashi's research collectively challenges and enriches our understanding of how humans trust, interact with, and are psychologically influenced by intelligent systems.
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- 4Influence of Robophobia on Decision Making in a Court Scenario5 citations · 2018
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