Papers
16
Total Citations
363
H-Index
10
About
Hideyuki Takahashi is a cognitive neuroscientist and human-robot interaction researcher whose work sits at the intersection of social neuroscience, robotics, and clinical psychology. His research explores how humans perceive, interact with, and attribute mental states to both human and artificial agents, with particular focus on the neural and psychological mechanisms underlying social cognition. Takahashi's most influential contribution (86 citations) demonstrated that social interactions with different agents distinctly modulate dorsal and ventral brain pathway activity, revealing the neurological basis of social impression formation. Complementing this, his work on mind perception and anthropomorphism has illuminated how humans project agency and experience onto robots, with implications for designing more effective social machines. A significant thread of his research addresses clinical applications of robotics. His studies on self-disclosure in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (60 citations) and robot counseling systems (41 citations) suggest that robotic interlocutors can lower social inhibition, offering promising therapeutic avenues. His investigations into moral authority, mentalizing, and causal attribution in human-robot games further enrich our understanding of how social norms transfer to artificial agents. With over 340 cumulative citations, Takahashi's interdisciplinary scholarship meaningfully advances both fundamental social neuroscience and the practical design of robots intended for healthcare and therapeutic settings.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5Will People Morally Crack Under the Authority of a Famous Wicked Robot?25 citations · 2018
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9Mind perception and causal attribution for failure in a game with a robot12 citations · 2019
- 10Anthropomorphism-based causal and responsibility attributions to robots11 citations · 2023