Papers
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Total Citations
192
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About
Frank Jamet is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of developmental psychology, human-robot interaction, and educational technology. His work fundamentally explores how humanoid robots can serve as powerful experimental tools to study and enhance human cognition, particularly in children and individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Jamet’s major contributions include demonstrating that robots can act as neutral social agents, eliminating experimenter bias in classic psychological paradigms like the endowment effect and false-belief tasks. His 2018 review on “learning by teaching” with robots (59 citations) established a new framework for improving children’s learning outcomes, while his 2024 study on ASD (29 citations) revealed that robots can foster communication and social interaction more effectively than human interlocutors. Jamet has also advanced our understanding of anthropomorphism, showing that context, not just appearance, drives human-like attributions to robots. His innovative use of the NAO robot as an experimenter has produced over 200 citations across his most-cited works, reshaping how experimental psychology is conducted. By merging robotics with cognitive science, Jamet has opened new avenues for studying social cognition, pragmatics, and decision-making biases, making him a key figure in the growing field of socially assistive robotics.
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- 4Pragmatics in the False-Belief Task: Let the Robot Ask the Question!16 citations · 2020
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- 6NAO robot and the “endowment effect”14 citations · 2015
- 7NAO Robot, Transmitter of Social Cues: What Impacts?11 citations · 2017
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- 9On the Lack of Pragmatic Processing in Artificial Conversational Agents9 citations · 2018