Does Japan really have robot mania? Comparing attitudes by implicit and explicit measures

AI and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 485-510

  MacDorman, Karl F ^a   Vasudevan, Sandosh K ^a   Ho, Chin Chang ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; HUMAN IDENTITY; IMPLICIT MEASURES; JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES;

ECONOMICS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 54349119605     PISSN: 09515666     EISSN: 14355655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00146-008-0181-2     Document Type: Article

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