Uncanny sociocultural categories

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Schoenherr, Jordan R ^a   Burleigh, Tyler J ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Categorical perception; Categorization; Cultural artifacts; Cultural transmission; Social identity; Uncanny valley

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926648801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01456     Document Type: Note

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