Who sees human? The stability and importance of individual differences in anthropomorphism

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-232

  Waytz, Adam ^a   Cacioppo, John ^b   Epley, Nicholas ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphism; Individual differences; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952888902     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691610369336     Document Type: Article

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