Melanie Glenwright
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Melanie Glenwright is a developmental psychologist whose research explores the intersection of social cognition, language development, and human-robot interaction, with a particular focus on how children interpret and trust information from non-human agents. Her most cited work, "What? That's Not a Chair!: How Robot Informational Errors Affect Children's Trust Towards Robots" (2019, 41 citations), is a landmark study that investigates how children's trust in robots is shaped by the robots' mistakes—whether they provide nonsensical information or suffer mechanical malfunctions. This research is critical as robots become more common in child-centric settings like childcare and hospitals, revealing that children do not blindly trust robots but instead evaluate their reliability based on past errors. Glenwright’s contributions bridge developmental psychology and robotics, offering insights into how children's theory of mind and epistemic trust extend to artificial agents. Her work has significant implications for designing trustworthy educational and assistive robots, and she is recognized for pioneering empirical approaches to understanding children's social-cognitive responses to technology.
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