Previous research has shown that eye contact, in human-human interaction, elicits
increased affective and attention related psychophysiological responses. In the present
study, we investigated whether eye contact with a humanoid robot would elicit these
responses. Participants were facing a humanoid robot (NAO) or a human partner, both
physically present and looking at or away from the participant. The results showed that both
in human-robot and human-human condition, eye contact versus averted gaze elicited …