Creating social connection through inferential reproduction: Loneliness and perceived agency in gadgets, gods, and hreyhounds: Research article

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 114-120

  Epley, Nicholas ^a   Akalis, Scott ^b   Waytz, Adam ^a   Cacioppo, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBJECT RELATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38949143641     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02056.x     Document Type: Article

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