Presentation 2014-11-22
The switching mechanism between self and others' perspective for intention inference
Sachika SUZUKI, Nobuhiko ASAKURA, Toshio INUI,
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Abstract(in English) When a person estimates the mental state of another person, he/she observes one's actions in view of one's situation and behavioral traits. In this study, we investigated the intention inferences under two conditions: whether subjects knew the agent's behavioral traits or not. Subjects observed the agent's pathway through a number of mazes and estimated his or her intention under three phases: Pre-study Phase (unknown behavioral traits about an agent), Study Phase 1, and Study Phase 2 (after the subject has watched a video about the agent's pathway). We compared the subjects' behavioral estimation values with their expected values. The results show a significant difference in the Pre-study Phase, compared to these expected values. In this phase, the subjects estimated the goal toward which the agent could proceed in a straight path to be high compared to the expected value, and this suggests that they estimated the goal under the first-person perspective. On the other hand, subjects could estimate the values properly in Study Phase 1 and 2. This suggests that they inhibit their self-perspective and use others' perspective information. In conclusion, we suggest that it is necessary to know others' behavioral traits in order to switch systems of intention inference from using self-perspective to using others' perspectives.
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Keyword(in English) intention inference / Theory of Mind / maze task / perspective taking
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Conference Date 2014/11/14(1days)
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Title (in English) The switching mechanism between self and others' perspective for intention inference
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Keyword(1) intention inference
Keyword(2) Theory of Mind
Keyword(3) maze task
Keyword(4) perspective taking
1st Author's Name Sachika SUZUKI
1st Author's Affiliation Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University()
2nd Author's Name Nobuhiko ASAKURA
2nd Author's Affiliation Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
3rd Author's Name Toshio INUI
3rd Author's Affiliation Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
Date 2014-11-22
Paper # NC2014-38
Volume (vol) vol.114
Number (no) 326
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 6
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