(S)he's Got the Look: Gender Stereotyping of Robots

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2213-2230

  Eyssel, Friederike ^a   Hegel, Frank ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84865726852     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00937.x     Document Type: Article

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