Researchers from the CNRS and Aix-Marseille University1 have used a novel approach to demonstrate that interactions with humans activate the brain’s social reward system more than discussions with robot interlocutors.
The scientists employed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to record the brain activity of participants speaking with another human or with a robot. Published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (11 March 2019), their findings show that, when compared to a similar conversation with a robot, dialogue with a fellow human significantly increases activity in the amygdalae, basal ganglia, and hypothalamus.
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