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About
Gennaro Cordasco is a researcher whose work sits at the compelling intersection of human-robot interaction, assistive technology, and cognitive psychology, with a particular focus on how aging populations perceive and accept robotic and virtual systems. His research has made significant contributions to understanding the psychological and social factors that shape elderly users' attitudes toward assistive robots and embodied conversational agents, examining how variables such as human likeness, gender, and ethnicity influence acceptance — work that has collectively garnered over 160 citations. Cordasco's most influential studies systematically investigate what design characteristics make robots more appealing and trustworthy to seniors, revealing, for instance, that elders tend to prefer female robots with high degrees of human likeness. Spanning multiple research installments, his Advanced Assistive Technologies series provides comprehensive reviews of theoretical acceptance models and practical user preferences, serving as a foundational resource for designers and clinicians alike. His scope extends across generations — comparing adolescents, working-age adults, and seniors — and across platforms, from android robots to virtual agents and chatbots. A notable departure from this thread is his neuroscientific work on specialized visual representation of human hands, demonstrating the breadth of his cognitive science interests. Overall, Cordasco's research meaningfully advances the design of inclusive, user-centered assistive technologies.
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- 1Elders prefer female robots with a high degree of human likeness26 citations · 2019
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- 7Seniors’ Appreciation of Humanoid Robots13 citations · 2019
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