Can Machines Think? Interaction and Perspective Taking with Robots Investigated via fMRI

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 3; no. 7; p. e2597
• Main Authors: Krach, Sören, Hegel, Frank, Wrede, Britta, Sagerer, Gerhard, Binkofski, Ferdinand, Kircher, Tilo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 09.07.2008; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Anthropomorphism; Brain; Brain Mapping; Cognition; Cognitive ability; Communication; Consciousness; Cooperation; Cortex (frontal); Cortex (parietal); Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Games; Humans; Investigations; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medical imaging; Modulation; Nervous system; Neural networks; Neuroimaging; Neuroscience/Cognitive Neuroscience; Neuroscience/Experimental Psychology; Neurosciences; Personal computers; Physiology/Cognitive Neuroscience; Prisoner's dilemma; Robotics; Robots; Studies; Synaptic Transmission; Theory; Thinking; Trends; Aachen Germany; Germany

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