"Because a robot's brain hasn't got a brain, it just controls itself" - Children's attributions of brain related behaviour to intelligent artefacts

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 365-375

  Van Duuren, Mike ^a   Scaife, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030351325     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03173278     Document Type: Article

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