触觉感知的拟生机器人能帮助调节情绪，尤其适合紧急时刻使用。
Haptically Experienced Animacy Facilitates Emotion Regulation: A Theory-Driven Investigation
- 用拟生呼吸心跳的机器人提供触觉安抚，辅助情绪调节。
- 30人实验显示该设计有效支持四种情绪调节策略。
- 适合心理脆弱人群或高压力场景下的情绪管理。
情绪调节对心理健康至关重要，但在高强度情境或临床易感个体中往往难以实现。现有技术工具多依赖自我反思（如情绪追踪、日记）或语言交流（提醒、文字对话），在最需要时可能无效。触觉具有生物学基础，是潜在替代路径，但实证研究和理论支撑不足。基于先前理论框架，我们开发了具备循环仿生呼吸与心跳行为的拟物化机器人CHORA。通过混合方法实验室研究（N=30），收集生理数据、自评量表、定制问卷及回顾访谈。结果表明，触觉感知到的拟生性可促进情绪调节，验证了之前研究，并证实CHORA在理论上可支持四种情绪调节策略。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Emotion regulation (ER) is essential to mental well-being but often difficult to access, especially in high-intensity moments or for individuals with clinical vulnerabilities. While existing technology-based ER tools offer value, they typically rely on self-reflection (e.g., emotion tracking, journaling) or co-regulation through verbal modalities (reminders, text-based conversational tools), which may not be accessible or effective when most needed. The biological role of the touch modality makes it an intriguing alternate pathway, but empirical evidence is limited and under-theorized. Building on our prior theoretical framework describing how a comforting haptic co-regulating adjunct (CHORA) can support ER, we developed a zoomorphic robot CHORA with looped biomimetic breathing and heartbeat behaviors. We evaluated its effects in a mixed-methods in-lab study (N=30), providing physiological, self-report, custom questionnaire, and retrospective interview data. Our findings demonstrate the regulatory effects of haptically experienced animacy, corroborate prior work, and validate CHORA's {theoretically grounded} potential to facilitate four ER strategies.
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