Research Questions

I am currently interested in questions such as:

• How do consequences of actions influence perceived intention?

• How do emotional responses shape moral character impressions?

• How does science fiction influence the way we infer minds?

• How do people update their moral impressions of others over time?

I am particularly interested in how these processes impact real-world decisions and behavior, such as:

• How do our impressions of robots affect decision-making in areas such as law and policy?

• Does science fiction lead to an overestimation of robotic capabilities?

• How does mental state inference to robots influence social cognitive development?