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About
Terry Amorese is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of human-robot interaction, assistive technology, and social psychology, with a particular focus on understanding how elderly and diverse user populations relate to robotic and virtual agents. Through a series of carefully designed empirical studies, Amorese has made substantial contributions to identifying the psychological and perceptual factors that shape technology acceptance among seniors — a demographic increasingly targeted by assistive innovations yet historically underrepresented in user research. Among Amorese's most recognized contributions are studies demonstrating that elders exhibit clear preferences for female robots with high human likeness, and that variables such as gender, ethnicity, and appearance significantly influence acceptance attitudes. These findings, accumulating over 26 citations each, have helped establish a more rigorous methodology for assessing user preferences in assistive robotics. Amorese has also extended this inquiry across age groups — from adolescents to middle-aged adults — revealing generational differences in how people envision and accept humanoid versus android systems. More recently, this research has expanded to explore children's interactions with dialogue systems and emotional face decoding across age and gender. Collectively, Amorese's body of work offers researchers and designers invaluable, evidence-based guidance for building socially engaging, 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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- 5Seniors’ Appreciation of Humanoid Robots13 citations · 2019
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