Using fNIRS To Understand Adults’ Empathy for Children in AI and Cybersecurity Scenarios

Mohsena Ashraf; Genevieve Patterson; Zachary Kilhoffer; Xu Han; Nolan Brady; Anna Rahn; Nikhitha Atluri; Violet Oliver; Yun Huang; Yang Wang; Pilyoung Kim; Tom Yeh

doi:10.1145/3585088.3593869

Using fNIRS To Understand Adults’ Empathy for Children in AI and Cybersecurity Scenarios

Mohsena Ashraf, Genevieve Patterson, Zachary Kilhoffer, Xu Han, Nolan Brady, Anna Rahn, Nikhitha Atluri, Violet Oliver, Yun Huang, Yang Wang, Pilyoung Kim, Tom Yeh

Department of Psychology

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Abstract

Empathy for children is critical for designing AI technologies that may affect children. This paper presents the work in progress of a study on the feasibility of a new method to provide objective understanding of people’s empathy for children based on functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Adult participants (n=13) were presented with benign or concerning scenarios involving children interacting with AI technologies. Their brain activation patterns were recorded and analyzed. Preliminary data analysis revealed distinctive patterns in the mPFC region, which justifies future work to fully realize the potential of this method.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference
Subtitle of host publication	Rediscovering Childhood
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	630-634
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9798400701313
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3585088.3593869
State	Published - 19 Jun 2023
Event	22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood, IDC 2023 - Chicago, United States Duration: 19 Jun 2023 → 22 Jun 2023

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Name	Proceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood

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Conference	22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood, IDC 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago
Period	19/06/23 → 22/06/23

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Keywords

Children-AI interaction
Empathy for Children
fNIRS
Vignettes

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Ashraf, M., Patterson, G., Kilhoffer, Z., Han, X., Brady, N., Rahn, A., Atluri, N., Oliver, V., Huang, Y., Wang, Y., Kim, P., & Yeh, T. (2023). Using fNIRS To Understand Adults’ Empathy for Children in AI and Cybersecurity Scenarios. In Proceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood (pp. 630-634). (Proceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3585088.3593869

Ashraf, Mohsena ; Patterson, Genevieve ; Kilhoffer, Zachary et al. / Using fNIRS To Understand Adults’ Empathy for Children in AI and Cybersecurity Scenarios. Proceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2023. pp. 630-634 (Proceedings of IDC 2023 - 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Rediscovering Childhood).

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Using fNIRS To Understand Adults’ Empathy for Children in AI and Cybersecurity Scenarios

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