Effects of Facial Similarity on User Responses to Embodied Agents

被引：38

作者：

van Vugt, Henriette C.

Bailenson, Jeremy N. ^{[1
]}

Hoorn, Johan F. ^{[2
]}

Konijn, Elly A. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Stanford Univ, Dept Commun, Palo Alto, CA 94305 USA

[2] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, CAMeRA, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands

[3] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Fac Social Sci, Dept Commun Sci, NL-1081 TTU Amsterdam, Netherlands

来源：

ACM TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTER-HUMAN INTERACTION | 2010年 / 17卷 / 02期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Facial similarity; engagement with embodied agents; use intentions; I-PEFiC model; 3D morphing; INTERPERSONAL-ATTRACTION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; PERCEIVED EASE; SELF; RESEMBLANCE; PERCEPTIONS; ACCEPTANCE; ATTITUDES; COMPUTER;

D O I：

10.1145/1746259.1746261

中图分类号：

TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

We investigated the effects of facial similarity between users and embodied agents under different experimental conditions. Sixty-four undergraduates interacted with two different embodied agents: in one case the agent was designed to look somewhat similar to the user, and in the other case the agent was designed to look dissimilar. We varied between subjects how helpful the agent was for a given task. Results showed that the facial similarity manipulation sometimes affected participants' responses, even though they did not consciously detect the similarity. Specifically, when the agent was helpful, facial similarity increased participantsi ratings of involvement. However, when exposed to unhelpful agents, male participants had negative responses to the similar-looking agent compared to the dissimilar one. These results suggest that using facially similar embodied agents has a potential large downside if that embodied agent is perceived to be unhelpful.

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