Luca Andrighetto

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Luca Andrighetto is a leading researcher in the cognitive and social psychology of human-robot interaction, with a particular focus on how people perceive and anthropomorphize humanoid robots. His work bridges social cognition and robotics, exploring the fundamental question of whether humans cognitively process robot faces as human-like or object-like entities. In his highly cited 2022 study, Andrighetto employed the inversion paradigm across three experiments (N = 302) to demonstrate that people cognitively elaborate humanoid robots as object-like rather than human-like, challenging assumptions about automatic anthropomorphism. This work has garnered 28 citations and established a new methodological framework for studying human-robot perception. His ongoing research, including a 2025 study on factors influencing anthropomorphism, continues to shape the field by identifying the cognitive mechanisms and contextual variables that determine whether robots are seen as social agents or mere machines. Andrighetto’s contributions are vital for designing robots that effectively interact with humans, and his empirical rigor has made him a key voice in understanding the psychological boundaries between human and machine.