Figure 1
From: Empathic responses to unknown others are modulated by shared behavioural traits
(A) Timeline of a robot soccer trial. Trials comprised a start scene, showing the two robots standing side-by-side at the penalty spot, a response screen, indicating the side of the goal the goalie would block by an orange disc and asking the participant to enter their response by button press, and the video clip showing one of the robots executing the shot, the goalie blocking the goal, and the shot resulting in a goal or no goal. (B) Frequency distribution of the participants’ ratings of the supposed players’ tendency to lead and their own tendency to lead (LP, player who supposedly executed 75 of the shots; NLP, player who supposedly executed 25 percent of the shots). (C) Correlation between individual differences in behavioural similarity and individual differences in experienced empathic reward. Each dot denotes a participant. The asterisk indicates a significant effect (p < 0.05).
