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Consumer psychology and human–AI experience

Makes a whole-map distinction between being observed, categorized, delegated for, and socially engaged. Efficiency gains can coexist with feeling replaced or losing authorship of an outcome.

Computational psychology, AI-mediated choice and persuasion

What happens to taste and identity when an AI chooses for you, and what happens to desire when persuasion is automatically tailored to you? This connects delegated consumption, variety, influence and agency in one sustained programme. Her 2026 preprint finds different trade-offs for generic and personalized agents; it does not show that every AI choice makes everyone identical.

Consumer AI relationships and ethical intelligence

Connects benefits of synthetic attention to attachment, continuity and vulnerability when the service changes. Can distinguish a felt relationship from a reliable product feature.

Consumer psychology and AI acceptance

Explains why consumers do not simply buy the most capable AI: perceived understanding of their individual situation and of how the system works can shape acceptance.

Consumer decision-making and psychological ownership

Explains where delegation threatens what someone values about themselves, and how access-based consumption changes the feeling of ownership. Valuable for human premium, self-provision and rented capabilities.

Human–AI relationships and social connection

Studies how everyday AI relationships reshape disclosure, trust and connection with other people. Her coauthored work examines cooperative chatbot interaction and social attitudes; her Japanese talks ask how AI support can reconnect people to human professionals rather than displace them. Bounded studies do not establish that AI causes loneliness or replaces human care.

Consumer–robot relationships and human–machine experience

Studies consumer relationships with social robots, distinguishing rapport, companionship, attachment and love. Her coauthored June 2026 framework proposes how human–machine experience evolves across people, machines and groups. This is a conceptual research programme with proposed studies, not completed empirical proof of consumer symbiosis.