Nuno Piçarra

Assistant Professor
Nuno Piçarra

nupicarra@ucp.pt

Bio

Nuno Piçarra obtained his PhD degree from Universidade do Algarve and has been, since 2022, a Guest Assistant Lecturer at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Between 2020 and 2021, he was a postgraduate researcher at ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, working in the project “Awesome: Awareness While Experiencing and Surfing on Movies through Emotions.” He is a full member of CRC-W: Católica Research Centre for Psychological, Family and Social Wellbeing. His research focuses on the application of Social Psychology (attitudes, social cognition, and emotions) in order to understand interactions with emerging technologies. He is the author of several publications on human behaviour and technology, with a particular focus on the use of social robots.

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Attitudinal reactions to social robots are associated with evolutionary disease avoidance needs

Nuno Piçarra (with Jean Christophe Giger). 2022. International APPE/SEPEX Meeting, Faro, Portugal, 5/05/22
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Effect of individual ethical attitudes towards development of social robots and robot appearance on cognition, motivation and volition towards working with a social robot

Nuno Piçarra (with Jean Christophe Giger). 2022. International APPE/SEPEX Meeting, Faro, Portugal, 5/05/22
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How many emotions does a movie classification system need?

Nuno Piçarra (with Nuno José Guerreiro Piçarra). 2022. 2º Workshop AWESOME, Lisboa, Portugal, 14/07/22
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O uso de emoções para aceder, navegar e recomendar filmes

Nuno Piçarra (with Nuno José Guerreiro Piçarra). 2022. XI National Symposium on Research in Psychology, Vila Real, Portugal, 20/06/22
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Searching, Navigating, and Recommending Movies through Emotions: A Scoping Review

Nuno Piçarra (with Nuno José Guerreiro Piçarra). 2022. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies
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Why do we watch?

Nuno Piçarra (with Patrícia Arriaga). 2022. 2º Workshop AWESOME, Lisboa, Portugal, 14/07/22
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Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): The Impact and Role of Mass Media During the Pandemic

Nuno Piçarra (with Arriaga, P.). 2021. Frontiers Media SA.
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Editorial: Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): The Impact and Role of Mass Media During the Pandemic

Nuno Piçarra & Francisco Esteves (with Arriaga, Patrícia). 2021. Frontiers in Psychology
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Social representations of sharks, perceived communality, and attitudinal and behavioral tendencies towards their conservation: An exploratory sequential mixed approach

Nuno Piçarra 2021. Marine Policy
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What movie will I watch today? The role of online review ratings, reviewers’ comments, and user’s gratification style

Nuno Piçarra (with Piçarra, N.). 2021. Projections
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Humanization of robots: Is it really such a good idea?

Nuno Piçarra (with Jean-Christophe Giger). 2019. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies
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Predicting intention to work with social robots at anticipation stage: Assessing the role of behavioral desire and anticipated emotions

Nuno Piçarra (with Piçarra, N.). 2018. Computers in Human Behavior
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Attitudes towards Social Robots: The Role of Belief in Human Nature Uniqueness, Religiousness and Taste for Science Fiction.

Nuno Piçarra (with Giger, J.-C.). 2017. II International Congress Interdisciplinarity in Social and Human Sciences
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Who wants to work with Social Robots? Using the Theory of Reasoned Action and the Theory of Planned Behavior to Predict Intention to work with Social Robots

Nuno Piçarra (with Piçarra, Nuno). 2017. II International Congress Interdisciplinarity in Social and Human Sciences
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Working with Social Robots. An Exploratory Study through the Lenses of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM).

Nuno Piçarra (with Giger, J.-C.). 2017. II International Congress Interdisciplinarity in Social and Human Sciences
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"You can cry, but you never will be human, You Mecha!”: Elaboration and Validation of the Beliefs in Human Nature Uniqueness Scale, and its associations with perception of social robots

Nuno Piçarra (with Giger, J.-C.). 2016. IX Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia.
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Death anxiety and valorization of technology as predictors of the attitudes towards social robots.

Nuno Piçarra (with Giger, J.-C.). 2016. 1st international congress on interdisciplinarity in social and human sciences
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Designing social robots for interaction at work: Socio-cognitive factors underlying intention to work with social robots

Nuno Piçarra (with Piçarra, N.). 2016. Journal of Automation, Mobile Robotics and Intelligent Systems
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Exploration of layperson’s social representation of robot in a portuguese sample.

Nuno Piçarra (with Giger, J.-C.). 2016. 1st international congress on interdisciplinarity in social and human sciences.
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Making sense of social robots: A structural analysis of the layperson's social representation of robots,Donner un sens aux robots sociaux : une analyse structurelle de la représentation sociale des robots

Nuno Piçarra (with Piçarra, N.). 2016. Revue Europeenne de Psychologie Appliquee
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“Eu sou um Homem. Crenças numa natureza unicamente humana, incertezas e atitudes relativamente aos robôs.”

Nuno Piçarra (with Menezes, M.). 2016. IX Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia.
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Polish version of the negative attitude toward robots scale (NARS-PL)

Nuno Piçarra (with Pochwatko, G.). 2015. Journal of Automation, Mobile Robotics and Intelligent Systems
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Validation of the Portuguese version of the Negative Attitudes towards Robots Scale

Nuno Piçarra (with Piçarra, N.). 2015. Revue Europeenne de Psychologie Appliquee
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Predicting intention to work with social robots

Nuno Piçarra (with Piçarra, Nuno José Guerreiro). 2014.
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Angoisse face à la mort, sens de l'immortalité symbolique, et attitudes face à la technologie comme prédicteurs de l’attitude envers les robots sociaux.

Nuno Piçarra (with Piçarra, Nuno). 2012. 9e Colloque International de Psychologie Sociale en Langue Française.
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Prédicteurs psychosociologiques de l'intention de travailler avec un robot social.

Nuno Piçarra (with Piçarra, Nuno). 2012. 9e Colloque International de Psychologie Sociale en Langue Française.
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Preditores das atitudes face aos robôs sociais. O papel das atitudes face à tecnologia.

Nuno Piçarra (with Piçarra, Nuno). 2012. XI Encontro de Psicologia no Algarve
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The Robot Got the Looks. Social Robots Appearance as Predictor of Anthrpomorphism and Intention to Work.

Nuno Piçarra (with Piçarra, Nuno). 2012. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Inteligent Robots and Systems (IROS) - Workshop on Motivational Aspects of Robotics in Physical Therapy
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O Robô Humano: Efeitos do need for cognition, da tomada de perspectiva e das crenças na unicidade da natureza humana na antropomorfização de um robô social.

Nuno Piçarra (with Piçarra, Nuno). 2011. X Encontro de Psicologia no Algarve