Hugo Hammond
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Hugo Hammond is a rising scholar in the interdisciplinary field of human-robot interaction and social cognition, with a focus on how people perceive and attribute mental states to non-human agents. His most-cited work, “The roles of cognitive dissonance and normative reasoning in attributions of minds to robots” (2024, 6 citations), examines the psychological tensions people experience when reconciling robots’ human-like behaviors with their mechanical nature. Hammond’s research uniquely bridges cognitive dissonance theory and normative reasoning, revealing how social norms and internal consistency pressures shape whether individuals ascribe consciousness, emotions, or intentions to machines. This contribution is foundational for understanding ethical and design implications in an era of increasingly intelligent technologies. Though early in his career, Hammond’s work has already informed debates in AI ethics and human-robot collaboration, and his novel integration of classic social psychology with emerging technology studies marks him as a promising voice in the field.
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