Young children's understanding of animacy and entertainment robots

International Journal of Humanoid Robotics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 393-412

  Okita, Sandra Y ^a   Schwartz, Daniel L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive psychology; Conceptual development; Human robot interaction; Na ve theories; Robotic pets; Social responses to technology; Young children

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT; ROBOTIC PETS; SOCIAL RESPONSES TO TECHNOLOGY;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33750206386     PISSN: 02198436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219843606000795     Document Type: Article

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