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  "id": 15984,
  "url": "https://theconversation.com/when-expressive-humanoid-robots-are-awkward-people-become-wary-new-brain-study-288696",
  "title": "When expressive humanoid robots are awkward, people become wary – new brain study",
  "summary": "People who interact with expressive robots that make mistakes react with suspicion rather than seeing the bots as malfunctioning machines.",
  "authors": "Hasan Ayaz, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, Ewart J. de Visser, Technical Director, Warfighter Effectiveness Research Center, United States Air Force Academy, Frank Krueger, Professor of Systems Social Neuroscience, George Mason University, Yigit Topoglu, Research Scientist, Warfighter Effectiveness Research Center, United States Air Force Academy",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "agents-autonomy",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-03T12:29:54.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-04T05:10:21.797Z",
  "source_slug": "x-the-conversation-technology",
  "source_name": "The Conversation Technology",
  "source_homepage": "https://theconversation.com/us/technology",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15984",
  "original_url": "https://theconversation.com/when-expressive-humanoid-robots-are-awkward-people-become-wary-new-brain-study-288696",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
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