When a talking-face computer agent is half-human and half-humanoid: Human identity and consistency preference

Human Communication Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-193

  Gong, Li ^a   Nass, Clifford ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33947221475     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2007.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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