Unit for Psychological Research on AI and Social Robots

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The Unit for Psychological Research on AI and Social Robots investigates psychological perspectives on the interaction between humans and artificial intelligence as well as social robots. We examine how people understand, use, and relate to artificial intelligence and robots – both as technological tools and as social actors.

We combine approaches from work and organizational psychology, clinical psychology, and social cognition to examine human experiences, behaviour, and decision-making in interaction with AI and social robots. The purpose is to generate research-based knowledge that can support responsible and human-centred integration of technology in society.

Who are we?

Academic staff

Publications

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Damholdt, M. F. & Herbener, A. B. (2023). Min ven er en robot: Hvad kan kunstig intelligens betyde for vores mentale velvære? Videnskab, ForskerZonen . https://videnskab.dk/teknologi/min-ven-er-en-robot-hvad-kan-kunstig-intelligens-betyde-for-vores-mentale-velvaere/

Jonasson, C. & Lauring, J. (2023). Online organizational inclusion of migrants in MNCs: Overcoming cultural and linguistic barriers virtually. In A. Mockaitis (Ed.), Handbook of Global Migration in International Business (pp. 279-302). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38886-6_13

Contiero, R., Nørskov, S., Damholdt, M. F., Ulhøi, J. P., Lazazzara, A. & Seibt, J. (2023). Robots in personnel selection: the role of interviewer’s competence ratings and interviewee’s fairness perception. Paper presented at The 20th conference of the
Italian Chapter of Association for Information Systems , Torino, Italy.

Okkels, N., Horsager, J., Labrador-Espinosa, M., Kjeldsen, P. L., Damholdt, M. F., Mortensen, J., Vestergård, K., Knudsen, K., Andersen, K. B., Fedorova, T. D., Skjærbæk, C., Gottrup, H., Hansen, A. K., Grothe, M. J. & Borghammer, P. (2023). Severe cholinergic terminal loss in newly diagnosed dementia with Lewy bodies. Brain : a journal of neurology, 146(9), 3690-3704. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awad192

Villumsen, S. & Jonasson, C. (2023). Sharing Quality Information in New Digital Systems: Management Considerations. In A. Bamgboje-Ayodele, M. Prgomet, C. E. Kuziemsky, P. Elkin & C. Nøhr (Eds.), Context Sensitive Health Informatics and the Pandemic Boost (pp. 107-111). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI230383

Ernst, J. & Jonasson, C. (2023). Stakeholders in healthcare technology - a Bourdeusian perspective. In J. Dahl Rendtorff & M. Bonnafous-Boucher (Eds.), New Encyclopedia of Stakeholder Research (pp. 140-144). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Lauring, J., Jonasson, C. & Jackowska, M. (2023). Virtuality and inclusiveness in organizations. In L. Gilson, T. O’Neill & T. Maynard (Eds.), Handbook of Virtual Work (pp. 384-402). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802200508.00031

Kjeldsen, P. L., Parbo, P., Hansen, K. V., Aanerud, J. F. A., Ismail, R., Nissen, P. H., Dalby, R. B., Damholdt, M. F., Borghammer, P. & Brooks, D. J. (2022). Asymmetrical amyloid deposition in preclinical Alzheimer's disease: A PET study. Aging Brain, 2, Article 100048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbas.2022.100048

Amidi, A., Buskbjerg, C. R., Damholdt, M. F., Dahlgaard, J., Thorndike, F. P., Ritterband, L. & Zachariae, R. (2022). Changes in sleep following internet-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia in women treated for breast cancer: A 3-year follow-up assessment. Sleep Medicine, 96, 35-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2022.04.020

Seibt, J., Damholdt, M. F., Vestergaard, C., Quick, O. S. & Smedegaard, C. (2022). Determining the Subjective Surplus in Social Role Performance: A Case for ISR. 708-717. Paper presented at International Research Conference Robophilosophy 2022 , Helsinki, Finland.

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Research projects

Introducing MARC - a Multifunctional AutoRegressive Chatbot for AI-delivered mental health interventions.

Tools or companions? Investigating the shifting roles of artificial agents in human lives - https://www.carlsbergfondet.dk/det-har-vi-stoettet/cf24-1674/.

(In Danish) Bunshin Robotcafé - Kan robotter hjælpe borgere på kanten af arbejdsmarkedet? Følgeforskning sammen med Christina Vestergaard, University College, Aarhus https://www.ucviden.dk/da/projects/bunshin-robotcaf%C3%A9-kan-robotter-hj%C3%A6lpe-borgere-p%C3%A5-kanten-af-arbejd.

Collaboration

Research unit for Robophilosophy and Integrative Social Robotics

Contact

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