The more humanlike, the better? How speech type and users' cognitive style affect social responses to computers

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 665-672

  Lee, Eun Ju ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphism; Computers Are Social Actors (CASA); Experientiality; Rationality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHIC INTERFACES; COGNITIVE STYLES; COMPUTERS ARE SOCIAL ACTORS; SYNTHETIC SPEECH;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 77955232504     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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