# Prof. Robert Frank's research, using a robot to determine what makes us trust others

1 September 10, 2012 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/whos-trustworthy-a-robot-can-help-teach-us/) -- “'It makes no sense to ascribe intentions to a robot,' said an author of the study, [Robert H. Frank](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/robert-frank), an economics professor at Cornell. 'But it appears we have certain postures and gestures that we interpret in certain ways. When we see them, whether it’s a robot or a human, we’re affected by it, because of the pattern it evokes in our brain responses.'”

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