title: Cues that trigger social transmission of disinhibition in young children.
abstract: Previous studies have shown that observing a human model's actions, but not a robot's actions, could induce young children's perseverative behaviors and suggested that children's sociocognitive abilities can lead to perseverative errors ("social transmission of disinhibition"). This study investigated how the social transmission of disinhibition would occur. Specifically, the authors examined whether a robot with human appearance (an android) triggered young children's perseveration and compared the effects of the android with those of a human model. The results revealed that the android induced the social transmission of disinhibition. Also, children were more likely to be affected by the human model than by the android. The results suggested that behavioral cues (biological movement) may be important for the social transmission of disinhibition.
authors.affiliation: Joetsu University of Education, Joetsu-shi, Niigata 943-8512, Japan. moriguchi@juen.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Moriguchi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Minato
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishiguro
authors.forename: Ikuko
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shinohara
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Itakura
mesh_terms: D002652:Child Behavior / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003463:Cues; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012371:Robotics; D012919:Social Behavior; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis