{"id":10154,"date":"2025-06-19T17:29:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T17:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maschinenethik.net\/?p=10154"},"modified":"2025-06-19T17:34:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T17:34:37","slug":"small-talk-with-a-robot-can-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maschinenethik.net\/?p=10154","title":{"rendered":"Small Talk with a Robot Can Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The paper &#8222;Small Talk with a Robot Reduces Stress and Improves Mood&#8220; by Katharina K\u00fchne, Antonia L. Z. Kl\u00f6ffel, Oliver Bendel, and Martin H. Fischer has been accepted for presentation at the ICSR 2025, which will take place in Naples from September 10 to 12, 2025. Previous research has shown that social support reduces stress and improves mood. This study tested whether small talk with a social robot could be helpful. After performing a stressful task, 98 participants either chatted with a NAO robot, listened to the robot tell a neutral story, or did not interact with the robot. Both robot interactions reduced stress, particularly small talk, which also boosted positive mood. The effects were stronger in those with high acute stress. Positive affect played a key role in stress reduction, suggesting that robot-mediated small talk may be a useful tool for providing emotional support. Dr. Katharina K\u00fchne and Prof. Dr. Martin H. Fischer are researchers at the University of Potsdam. Antonia L. Z. Kl\u00f6ffel assists Katharina K\u00fchne as a junior scientist. Martin Fischer is the head of the Potsdam Embodied Cognition Group (PECoG). Prof. Dr. Oliver Bendel is a PECoG associated researcher. Further information about the conference is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/icsr2025.eu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">icsr2025.eu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maschinenethik.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small_Talk_People.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1003\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maschinenethik.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small_Talk_People.png 1003w, https:\/\/www.maschinenethik.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small_Talk_People-226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/www.maschinenethik.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small_Talk_People-770x1024.png 770w, https:\/\/www.maschinenethik.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small_Talk_People-768x1021.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fig.: Small talk without a robot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The paper &#8222;Small Talk with a Robot Reduces Stress and Improves Mood&#8220; by Katharina K\u00fchne, Antonia L. 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Previous research has shown that social support reduces stress &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maschinenethik.net\/?p=10154\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u201eSmall Talk with a Robot Can Help\u201c <\/span>weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[832,1093],"tags":[84,155,1342],"class_list":["post-10154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-roboterphilosophie","category-soziale-robotik","tag-social-robot","tag-social-robotics","tag-university-of-potsdam"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Small Talk with a Robot Can Help - maschinenethik.net<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maschinenethik.net\/?p=10154\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Small Talk with a Robot Can Help - maschinenethik.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The paper &#8222;Small Talk with a Robot Reduces Stress and Improves Mood&#8220; by Katharina K\u00fchne, Antonia L. 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