%0 Conference Paper %B Proc. 9th ACM/IEEE HRI Workshop on HRI: A Bridge between Robotics and Neuroscience %D 2014 %T Bridging the Gap between HRI and Neuroscience in Emotion Research: Robots as Models %A Lola CaƱamero %X Emotions are a fundamental aspect of social cognition and interaction, and their importance has been acknowledged by both the HRI and neuroscience communities. Emotions provide an ideal framework for inter- and cross-disciplinary research since, due to their complex multi-faceted nature, they cannot be properly understood from the perspective of a single discipline. In this paper, I argue that the use of robots as both stimuli (tools) and models is meaningful in both disciplines as far as emotion research is concerned. I focus on the view of robots as models, illustrate it with representative examples from both disciplines and their potential for cross-fertilization, and discuss ways in which the use of robots as interaction partners is central towards bridging the interdisciplinary gap. %B Proc. 9th ACM/IEEE HRI Workshop on HRI: A Bridge between Robotics and Neuroscience %C Bielefeld, Germany %8 03/2014 %G eng %U http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~kl360/HRI2014W/proceedings.html