Emotional contagion

Empathy is not in our genes

Cecilia Heyes

Citations: 207 • 2018

Development of artificial empathy

Minoru Asada

Citations: 110 • 2014

Transition from simple to complex contagion in collective decision-making

Nikolaj Horsevad, David Mateo, Robert E. Kooij, Alain Barrat, Roland Bouffanais

Citations: 41 • 2022

Emotion Expression in HRI – When and Why

Kerstin Fischer, Malte Jung, Lars Christian Jensen, Maria Vanessa aus der Wieschen

Citations: 40 • 2019

Can robots elicit empathy? The effects of social robots’ appearance on emotional contagion

Wenjing Yang, Yunhui Xie

Citations: 39 • 2024

Coherent and Incoherent Robot Emotional Behavior for Humorous and Engaging Recommendations

Silvia Rossi, Marco Matarese, Mario Raiano

Citations: 11 • 2019

Affective agents for enhancing emotional experience

Takahiro Matsumoto, Shunichi Seko, Ryosuke Aoki, A. Miyata, Tomoki Watanabe, Tomohiro Yamada

Citations: 11 • 2014

The Role of Empathic Traits in Emotion Recognition and Emotion Contagion of Cozmo Robots

Te-Yi Hsieh, Emily S. Cross

Citations: 9 • 2022

Emotional contagion between user and product recommendation virtual agent

Tetsuya Matsui, Seiji Yamada

Citations: 9 • 2016

Emotional Contagion in Human-Robot Interaction

Joanne Yu

Citations: 9 • 2020

Multi-dimensional emotional engine with personality using intelligent service robot for children

Ho Seok Ahn, Young Min Baek, Jin Hee Na, Jin Choi

Citations: 9 • 2008

Contagious Yawning in Human-Robot Interaction

Hagen Lehmann, Frank Broz

Citations: 8 • 2018

Unavoidable social contagion of false memory from robots to humans.

Tsung-Ren Huang, Yu-Lan Cheng, Suparna Rajaram

Citations: 7 • 2023

Gesture mimicry in expression of laughter

Harry J. Griffin, Giovanna Varni, Gualtiero Volpe, Gisela Tomé Lourido, Maurizio Mancini, Nadia Bianchi‐Berthouze

Citations: 6 • 2015

Emotion Transfer from Frontline Social Robots to Human Customers During Service Encounters: Testing an Artificial Emotional Contagion Modell.

Ruth Stock

Citations: 6 • 2016

Emotional Contagion System By Perceiving Human Emotion Based on Physiological Signals

Minjia Li, Lun Xie, Zhiling Tan, Zhiliang Wang, Fuji Ren

Citations: 5 • 2018

Witnessing robot mistreatment: A dual-path model of behavioral contagion and empathy in customer observers

Taeshik Gong, Yu‐Shan Huang

Citations: 4 • 2025

Empathy and yawn contagion

Mohammad Obaid, Dieta Kuchenbrandt, Christoph Bartneck

Citations: 4 • 2014

The Effect of Robot Posture and Idle Motion on Spontaneous Emotional Contagion during Robot-Human Interactions

Maria-Isabel Casso, Bing Li, Tatjana A. Nazir, Yvonne Delevoye

Citations: 4 • 2022

From Code to Care: How Artificial Empathy Enhances Customer Experience in Human-Robot Interaction

Yihe Huang, Siqi Weng

Citations: 2 • 2026