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. 2021 Jul 19;12:645545. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.645545

TABLE 4.

The coding scheme that was developed to analyze the behavior of participants and the robot in the experiment.

Code Category Code
Task events Task is running
Object sound
Robot movement Standing still
Moving toward object in goal direction
Moving toward object away from goal
Moving toward object across field
Moving with participant
Moving in goal direction
Participant movement Standing still/waiting
Moving around robot
Moving in goal direction*
Moving in robot direction
Moving across field*
Leash activity Loose
Stretched*
Pulled in direction*
Loosening/stretching
Participant location relative to robot Behind
In front of*
Next to

Codes marked with a * were considered leading behavior by the participant. The presence of these codes was taken as an indication for leading behavior in all further analyses.