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  • Social Cognition
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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  • Level 1 visual perspective taking (L1-VPT) research debates its social vs. non-social origins.
  • Existing theories often link L1-VPT to mentalizing, a social cognitive process.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether L1-VPT relies on social or non-social processes.
  • To compare L1-VPT performance with human versus robot avatars.

Main Methods:

  • Online Dot Perspective Task (Samson et al., 2010) adapted for human and robot avatars.
  • Within-participant design across two experiments with varying avatar types and task perspectives.
  • Analysis of reaction times and error rates.

Main Results:

  • Significant egocentric and altercentric intrusions observed for both human and robot avatars.
  • Altercentric intrusions were not significantly greater for human avatars compared to robot avatars.
  • Results indicate interference from irrelevant perspectives regardless of avatar sociality.

Conclusions:

  • Findings challenge the prediction that L1-VPT is stronger with human avatars, questioning a purely mentalizing-based account.
  • The submentalizing approach, emphasizing domain-general processes, offers a plausible explanation for the observed results.
  • Further research and experimental variations are suggested to refine understanding of L1-VPT mechanisms.