Special collection of APA’s Technology, Mind, & Behavior includes articles published by the journal between 2020 and 2024. This special collection explores how social robots can sense their environment and context, purposefully act on or in that environment, and perform actions in the real world.
Social Robots
Special collection
Introduction
- Social Robots: A Special Collection of Articles Published in Technology, Mind, and Behavior (2020–2024)
Volume 5, Issue 3
Pages 133–136
Danielle S. McNamara
https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000139
Articles
- A Theoretical and Qualitative Approach to Evaluating Children’s Robot-Mediated Levels of Presence
Volume 1, Issue 1
Pages 50–62
Veronica Ahumada-Newhart, Jacquelynne S. Eccles
https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000007 - Social Robots Are Like Real People: First Impressions, Attributes, and Stereotyping of Social Robots
Volume 1, Issue 1
Pages 76–89
Byron Reeves, Jeff Hancock, Xun Liu
https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000018 - Use of Humor by a Healthcare Robot Positively Affects User Perceptions and Behavior
Volume 1, Issue 2
Pages 148–160
Deborah L. Johanson, Ho Seok Ahn, JongYoon Lim, Christopher Lee, Gabrielle Sebaratnam, Bruce A. MacDonald, Elizabeth Broadbent
https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000021 - Of Like Mind: The (Mostly) Similar Mentalizing of Robots and Humans
Volume 1, Issue 2
Pages 101–113
Jaime Banks
https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000025 - Human–Robot Interaction Through the Lens of Social Psychological Theories of Intergroup Behavior
Volume 1, Issue 2
Pages 90–100
Eliot R. Smith, Selma Šabanović, Marlena R. Fraune
https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000002 - The Observant Android: Limited Social Facilitation and Inhibition From a Copresent Social Robot
Volume 2, Issue 3
Pages 244–253
Kevin Koban, Brad A. Haggadone, Jaime Banks
https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000049 - Mind-Reading Machines: Distinct User Responses to Thought-Detecting and Emotion-Detecting Robots
Volume 3, Issue 1
Pages 57–68
Andrea Grundke, Jan-Philipp Stein, Markus Appel
https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000053 - Belief in Sharing the Same Phenomenological Experience Increases the Likelihood of Adopting the Intentional Stance Toward a Humanoid Robot
Volume 3, Issue 3
Pages 346–356
Serena Marchesi, Davide De Tommaso, Jairo Perez-Osorio, Agnieszka Wykowska
https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000072 - Legacies and Last Words: Exploring Expressed Experiences of Robot Death
Volume 3, Issue 4
Pages 504–515
Jaime Banks
https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000097 - Children’s Reciprocity and Relationship Formation With a Robot Across Age
Volume 5, Issue 2
Pages 76–89
Luca M. Leisten, Evelien Heyselaar, Tibor Bosse, Ruud Hortensius
https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000131 - The Presence of a Humanoid Robot Can Be Detrimental to Human Performance in an Attentional Task
Volume 5, Issue 3
Pages 146–159
Davide Ghiglino, Davide De Tommaso, Adam W. Lukomski, Agnieszka Wykowska
https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000137
Date created: April 2026

