Giulia Croati
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Giulia Croati’s research lies at the compelling intersection of developmental psychology, human-robot interaction, and social cognition. Her work explores how children perceive and engage with artificial agents, particularly how mind attribution—the belief that a robot has mental states—shapes social behaviors like gaze aversion. In her most-cited paper, “The Mind in the Mind: Mind Perception Modulates Gaze Aversion During Child–Robot Interaction” (2020, 16 citations), Croati demonstrates that when children attribute a mind to a robot, they exhibit more human-like social cues, such as looking away during intimate or complex interactions. This finding challenges assumptions about child-robot dynamics and has implications for designing educational and therapeutic robots that foster natural engagement. Croati’s contributions bridge cognitive science and robotics, offering empirical evidence that mind perception is not a static trait but a dynamic process influencing real-time behavior. Her work is notable for its methodological rigor, combining eye-tracking with behavioral coding, and for its potential to inform ethical guidelines for child-robot interaction. With growing interest in AI and child development, Croati’s research is a foundational step toward understanding how young minds navigate an increasingly social technological world.
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