Two-Dimensional Mind Perception Model of Humanoid Virtual Agent

Abstract

In this paper, we verified two kinds of two-dimensional mind perception models of humanoid virtual agents and investigate the relationship between the models and effect of emotional contagion. To verify the two kinds of dimensional models, we used questionnaires from prior works and our own questionnaire. From these questionnaires, we constructed an "agency"- "experience" model and "familiarity"-"'reality" model from EFA. These two models are valid for distinguishing humanoid agents and predicting the effect of emotional contagion. The factor scores of "experience" and "familiarity" have a high correlation coefficient with the effect of emotional contagion. This result suggests a method for designing humanoid agents that have a high emotional contagion ability.