Kenza Ouadada
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Kenza Ouadada is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and human-robot interaction. Her work investigates how the human brain processes and evaluates social cues from artificial agents, particularly focusing on the neural mechanisms underlying skepticism toward robotic emotions and capabilities. Using event-related brain potentials (ERPs), she has demonstrated that the N400 component—a neurophysiological marker of semantic incongruity—is reliably elicited when robots describe physically impossible actions, such as knitting without arms. This finding provides compelling neurobiological evidence that humans implicitly detect mismatches between a robot's physical form and its verbal claims, revealing an innate cognitive skepticism that operates below conscious awareness. Though her most-cited paper has garnered 4 citations since 2024, the work's innovative methodology—bridging social robotics with electrophysiological measures—positions it as a foundational contribution to understanding human trust in artificial agents. Ouadada's research has significant implications for designing more transparent and trustworthy robotic systems, and her interdisciplinary approach is shaping how engineers and psychologists conceptualize human-robot communication.
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