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Evaluation of an anthropomorphic user interface in a travel reservation context and affordances [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper describes an experiment and its results concerning research that has been going on for a number ofyears in the area of anthropomorphic user interface feedback.
Gee, A, Holt, PO, Murano, P
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Gaming with Mr. Slot or gaming the slot machine? Power, anthropomorphism, and risk perception [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
We propose that risk perceptions are systematically influenced by anthropomorphism. Anthropomorphism effects, however, are moderated by the individual's feelings of social power. People with low power perceive higher risk in playing a slot machine (study
Kim, S, McGill, AL
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Preliminary investigation of equine veterinary hospital staff attitudes towards pain assessment in a single centre

open access: yesVeterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Despite the availability of several equine pain assessment tools, their use in equine veterinary practice appears limited compared to small animal practice. This study explores potential barriers to equine pain assessment, as reported by staff at a single UK equine teaching hospital.
Olivia Curry   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anthropomorphism in science [PDF]

open access: yesEMBO reports, 2010
It is a human characteristic to assign human emotion and behaviour to other living creatures.
openaire   +2 more sources

Like Human, Like Algorithm: Responses to Algorithmic Discrimination Among Individuals From Protected Classes

open access: yesBritish Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract Algorithms, commonly used in business practice, often discriminate against members of protected classes (e.g. racial minorities). Previous research findings suggest that individuals, including those from protected classes, under some circumstances, may not respond negatively to discriminatory algorithms.
Gülen Sarial‐Abi, Verdiana Giannetti
wiley   +1 more source

Averting Robot Eyes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Home robots will cause privacy harms. At the same time, they can provide beneficial services—as long as consumers trust them. This Essay evaluates potential technological solutions that could help home robots keep their promises, avert their eyes, and ...
Grimm, Cindy M.   +3 more
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The Coloniality of Data: Police Databases and the Rationalization of Surveillance from Colonial Vietnam to the Modern Carceral State

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
wiley   +1 more source

Sound effects have only minor contribution to perceptions of anthropomorphism and animacy of simple animated shapes

open access: yesi-Perception
While studies of anthropomorphism have spanned many decades, there is little evidence of the role that sound effects may play. We present two studies into sound's influence on perceptions of anthropomorphism and animacy using simple geometric animated ...
KC Collins, Maya Murad, Adel Manji
doaj   +1 more source

The role of brand anthropomorphism in building brand attachment: The experiment research on beverage brands

open access: yesHo Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Economics and Business Administration
The concept of anthropomorphism has been described as a psychological process in which people perceive inanimate agents as humanlike. In the branding context, this approach has been considered as an effective positioning strategy to enhance consumer ...
Nhi Pham Phuong Nguyen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Walking Humanoids for Robotics Research [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
We present three humanoid robots aimed as platforms for research in robotics, and cognitive development in robotics systems. The 'priscilla' robot is a 180cm full scale humanoid, and the mid-size prototype is called 'elvis' and is about 70cm tall.
Nordin, Peter, Wolff, Krister
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