Mario A. Maggioni
Papers
8
Total Citations
98
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About
Mario A. Maggioni is a leading researcher at the intersection of social robotics, cognitive science, and human-robot interaction (HRI). His work fundamentally explores how humans perceive, attribute mental states to, and cooperate with humanoid social robots (HSRs). Maggioni’s major contributions include demonstrating that a robot’s physical appearance and behavioral consistency are critical for fostering trust and collaboration in strategic settings—such as the iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma—where humans treat robots as social partners, not mere machines. His 2020 paper, “Robots Are Not All the Same” (31 citations), established that young adults’ expectations and mental attribution vary significantly across different robot types. In “Machines Like Us and People Like You” (20 citations), he advanced the concept of shared human-robot experience. Maggioni also pioneered neuro-HRI research, using fMRI to map brain areas activated during human-robot interaction (10 citations). His work has profound implications for designing robots in healthcare, education, and collaborative workplaces. With a growing citation record and recent publications in 2024, Maggioni is shaping the next generation of socially intelligent robots that can truly understand and be understood by humans.
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- 2Machines Like Us and People Like You: Toward Human–Robot Shared Experience20 citations · 2021
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- 5Can You Activate Me? From Robots to Human Brain10 citations · 2021
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- 7Attribution of Mental State in Strategic Human-Robot Interactions2 citations · 2022
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