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Many studies have evaluated a robot\u2019s ability to attribute thoughts, beliefs, and emotions to humans during social interactions, but few studies have investigated human attribution to robots with such capabilities. This study contributes to this direction by evaluating how the cognitive and emotional capabilities attributed to the robot by humans may be influenced by some behavioural characteristics of robots during the interaction. For this reason, we used the Dimensions of Mind Perception questionnaire to measure participants\u2019 perceptions of different robot behaviour styles, namely Friendly, Neutral, and Authoritarian, which we designed and validated in our previous works. The results obtained confirmed our hypotheses because people judged the robot\u2019s mental capabilities differently depending on the interaction style. 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