RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Wykowska, Agnieszka A1 Kajopoulos, Jasmin A1 Ramirez-Amaro, Karinne A1 Cheng, Gordon YR 2015 T1 Autistic traits and sensitivity to human-like features of robot behavior JF Interaction Studies VO 16 IS 2 SP 219 OP 248 DO https://doi.org/10.1075/is.16.2.09wyk PB John Benjamins SN 1572-0373, AB This study examined individual differences in sensitivity to human-like features of a robot’s behavior. The paradigm comprised a non-verbal Turing test with a humanoid robot. A “programmed” condition differed from a “human-controlled” condition by onset times of the robot’s eye movements, which were either fixed across trials or modeled after prerecorded human reaction times, respectively. Participants judged whether the robot behavior was programmed or human-controlled, with no information regarding the differences between respective conditions. Autistic traits were measured with the autism-spectrum quotient (AQ) questionnaire in healthy adults. We found that the fewer autistic traits participants had, the more sensitive they were to the difference between the conditions, without explicit awareness of the nature of the difference. We conclude that although sensitivity to fine behavioral characteristics of others varies with social aptitude, humans are in general capable of detecting human-like behavior based on very subtle cues., UL https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/is.16.2.09wyk