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Who (and what) can you trust? How non-verbal cues can predict a person’s (and a robot’s) trustworthiness

September 11, 2012 by

People face this predicament all the time -- can you determine a person's character in a single interaction? Can you judge whether someone you just met can be trusted when you have only a few minutes together? And if you can, how do you do it? Using a robot named Nexi, psychologists have figured out the answer.

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