Leda Berio
Biographic Data
| ID | 5911161 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leda Berio |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leda |
| FAMILY NAME | Berio |
| SIGNATURE | BERIO L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ruhr University Bochum |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8010-2266 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
If language norms are social norms, language has a power problem
What’s my motivation? Reputational motives, virtue signaling, and self-directed mindshaping
In engaging in public moral discourse and publicly visible moral behavior, our motivations can be mixed: while on the one hand we might want to genuinely commit to norms we find morally virtuous, we can also be strongly motivated by enhancing our reputation. At times, we might even be accused of “virtue signaling”, that is, of engaging in moral discourse for self-aggrandizing and reputational gains. We might consider these reputational motives as…
Facilitatory effects of visual perspective taking level 2 for human and robotic avatars
Visual perspective taking (VPT) is a crucial component of social cognition: when engaging in activities such as preparing meals together, moving a couch together, playing tennis, and discussing our surroundings, the ability to keep track of what others see is essential. In recent years, studies investigated the cognitive mechanisms of VPT not only of other humans but also of artificial agents, such as robots. Thus far, researchers have primarily …
Folk Concepts of Race, Cross-culturally
The investigation of folk concepts of race has been central to many theoretical and experimental contributions in recent decades; however, most of these contributions have been centred around the North American cultural context. Despite many philosophers pointing to a possible discrepancy between the European, and especially the German, context and the U.S.-American one, a systematic investigation has yet to be undertaken. This paper provides the…
Try to See it My Way
Visual perspective taking (VPT) is a fundamental process of social cognition. To date, however, only a handful of studies have investigated whether humans also take the perspective of humanoid robots. Recent findings on this topic are conflicting as one study found no evidence for level 1 VPT (i.e., which object is seen by the agent) and a different study has found evidence for level 2 VPT (i.e., how is the object seen by the agent). The latter s…
I expect you to be happy, so I see you smile
Constructivist theories of emotions and empirical studies have been increasingly stressing the role of contextual information and cultural conventions in emotion recognition. We propose a new account of emotion recognition and attribution that systematically integrates these aspects, and argue that emotion recognition is part of the general process of person impression formation. To describe the structural organization and the role of background …
How language shapes our minds
In this article, we discuss the role of labels and generics referring to social kinds in mindshaping practices, arguing that they promote generalizations that foster essentialist thinking and carry a normative force. We propose that their cognitive function consists in both contributing to the formation and reinforcement of schemata and scripts for social interaction and in activating these schemata in specific social situations. Moreover, we sug…
The influence of robot appearance on visual perspective taking
Visual perspective taking (VPT) is an integral part of social interactions. While the mechanisms of VPT have been extensively explored in human-human interactions, only a handful of studies have investigated the mechanisms that enable humans to also take the perspective of robots. Previous work has proposed that human-like visual features trigger VPT (mere-appearance hypothesis). In this study, we investigate the boundary conditions of the mere-a…
Culturally embedded schemata for false belief reasoning
I argue that both language acquisition and cultural and social factors contribute to the formation of schemata that facilitate false belief reasoning. While the proposal for an active role of language acquisition in this sense has been partially advanced by several voices in the mentalizing debate, I argue that other accounts addressing this issue present some shortcomings. Specifically, I analyze the existing proposals distinguishing between “st…
Culturally embedded schemata for false belief reasoning
I argue that both language acquisition and cultural and social factors contribute to the formation of schemata that facilitate false belief reasoning. While the proposal for an active role of language acquisition in this sense has been partially advanced by several voices in the mentalizing debate, I argue that other accounts addressing this issue present some shortcomings. Specifically, I analyze the existing proposals distinguishing between “st…
Culturally embedded schemata for false belief reasoning
I argue that both language acquisition and cultural and social factors contribute to the formation of schemata that facilitate false belief reasoning. While the proposal for an active role of language acquisition in this sense has been partially advanced by several voices in the mentalizing debate, I argue that other accounts addressing this issue present some shortcomings. Specifically, I analyze the existing proposals distinguishing between “st…
How language shapes our minds
In this article, we discuss the role of labels and generics referring to social kinds in mindshaping practices, arguing that they promote generalizations that foster essentialist thinking and carry a normative force. We propose that their cognitive function consists in both contributing to the formation and reinforcement of schemata and scripts for social interaction and in activating these schemata in specific social situations. Moreover, we sug…
The influence of robot appearance on visual perspective taking
Visual perspective taking (VPT) is an integral part of social interactions. While the mechanisms of VPT have been extensively explored in human-human interactions, only a handful of studies have investigated the mechanisms that enable humans to also take the perspective of robots. Previous work has proposed that human-like visual features trigger VPT (mere-appearance hypothesis). In this study, we investigate the boundary conditions of the mere-a…
I expect you to be happy, so I see you smile
Constructivist theories of emotions and empirical studies have been increasingly stressing the role of contextual information and cultural conventions in emotion recognition. We propose a new account of emotion recognition and attribution that systematically integrates these aspects, and argue that emotion recognition is part of the general process of person impression formation. To describe the structural organization and the role of background …
Folk Concepts of Race, Cross-culturally
The investigation of folk concepts of race has been central to many theoretical and experimental contributions in recent decades; however, most of these contributions have been centred around the North American cultural context. Despite many philosophers pointing to a possible discrepancy between the European, and especially the German, context and the U.S.-American one, a systematic investigation has yet to be undertaken. This paper provides the…
Try to See it My Way
Visual perspective taking (VPT) is a fundamental process of social cognition. To date, however, only a handful of studies have investigated whether humans also take the perspective of humanoid robots. Recent findings on this topic are conflicting as one study found no evidence for level 1 VPT (i.e., which object is seen by the agent) and a different study has found evidence for level 2 VPT (i.e., how is the object seen by the agent). The latter s…
If language norms are social norms, language has a power problem
What’s my motivation? Reputational motives, virtue signaling, and self-directed mindshaping
In engaging in public moral discourse and publicly visible moral behavior, our motivations can be mixed: while on the one hand we might want to genuinely commit to norms we find morally virtuous, we can also be strongly motivated by enhancing our reputation. At times, we might even be accused of “virtue signaling”, that is, of engaging in moral discourse for self-aggrandizing and reputational gains. We might consider these reputational motives as…
Facilitatory effects of visual perspective taking level 2 for human and robotic avatars
Visual perspective taking (VPT) is a crucial component of social cognition: when engaging in activities such as preparing meals together, moving a couch together, playing tennis, and discussing our surroundings, the ability to keep track of what others see is essential. In recent years, studies investigated the cognitive mechanisms of VPT not only of other humans but also of artificial agents, such as robots. Thus far, researchers have primarily …
Psychology (7 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Face Recognition and Perception (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (2 works)