"Ick bin een Berlina": dialect proficiency impacts a robot's trustworthiness and competence evaluation.

ABSTRACT: Background: Robots are increasingly used as interaction partners with humans. Social robots are designed to follow expected behavioral norms when engaging with humans and are available with different voices and even accents. Some studies suggest that people prefer robots to speak in the user's dialect, while others indicate a preference for different dialects. Methods: Our study examined the impact of the Berlin dialect on perceived trustworthiness and competence of a robot. One hundred and twenty German native speakers (M _age = 32 years, SD = 12 years) watched an online video featuring a NAO robot speaking either in the Berlin dialect or standard German and assessed its trustworthiness and competence. Results: We found a positive relationship

SUBMITTER: Kuhne K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10859411 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature