Francesco Rea

List of John Benjamins publications in which Francesco Rea is involved.

Journal

Interaction Studies

Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems

Edited by Kerstin Dautenhahn and Angelo Cangelosi

ISSN 1572-0373 | E‑ISSN 1572‑0381

Articles

Pusceddu, Giulia, Giulio Antonio Abbo, Francesco Rea, Tony Belpaeme and Alessandra Sciutti 2025 If they disagree, will you conform? Exploring the role of robots’ value awareness in a decision-making task Group Dynamics in Human–Robot Interaction, Sciutti, Alessandra, Dario Pasquali, Giulia Belgiovine and Linda Lastrico (eds.), pp. 477–505 | Article

This study investigates whether the opinions of robotic agents are more likely to influence human decision-making when the robots are perceived as value-aware (i.e., when they display an understanding of human principles). We designed an experiment in which participants interacted with two… read more

Székely, Marcell, Henry Powell, Fabio Vannucci, Francesco Rea, Alessandra Sciutti and John Michael 2019 The perception of a robot partner’s effort elicits a sense of commitment to human-robot interaction Interaction Studies 20:2, pp. 234–255 | Article

Previous research has shown that the perception that one’s partner is investing effort in a joint action can generate a sense of commitment, leading participants to persist longer despite increasing boredom. The current research extends this finding to human-robot interaction. We implemented a… read more