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Liberation Through Narration: A Novel Humanistic Framework to Address Body Dissatisfaction
The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Though body dissatisfaction is nuanced and pervasive, the magnitude of body dissatisfaction is undercut by essentialist conceptualizations of the body and medicalized metrics of wellness tied to disordered eating. Hence, there is a need for a contextualized and sustaining framework to address and promote healing from body dissatisfaction ...
Kim Hughes, Amber L. Pope
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Brésil(s)This article examines the presence of the uncanny in contemporary ecological fiction focusing on Morgana Kretzmann’s 2024 novel Água turva. In this work, the uncanny acts as a narrative spice, contributing to the establishment of oppositions and the ...
Gabriel S. Philipson, Ricardo Celestino
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Dealing with the Uncanny? Cultural Adaptation in Matt Reeves’s Vampire Movie Let Me In
American Studies in Scandinavia, 2016 The aim of this article is to examine cultural adaptation and uncanny potential in Matt Reeves’s vampire movie Let Me In (2010), which is an adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist’s vampire novel Låt den rätte komma in (2004) – in English translation, Let ...
Maria Holmgren Troy
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Should Dermatologists Recommend Direct‐to‐Consumer App‐Based Remote Diagnostics? An Ethical Analysis
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Dermatology patients still face barriers in accessing timely specialist care. As direct‐to‐consumer (DTC) apps for remote dermatological diagnostics proliferate, guidance is lacking. While promising efficiency and efficacy, their clinical—and ethical—legitimacy is not yet well established.
Sonja Mathes +9 more
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The Physical, Emotional, and Autonomous Anthropomorphism of Service Chatbots
Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Prior research on chatbot anthropomorphism has often treated it as a unidimensional construct, producing inconsistent findings regarding how human‐like design cues shape user responses. This study conceptualizes anthropomorphism as a multidimensional higher‐order perception comprising three distinct forms of anthropomorphic attribution ...
Yangjuan Hu, Fulya Acikgoz, Shubin Yu
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, 2011 With increasing sophistication of realism for human-like characters within computer games, this chapter investigates player perception of audio-visual speech for virtual characters in relation to the Uncanny Valley.
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 Stimuli that resemble humans, but are not perfectly human-like, are disliked compared to distinctly human and nonhuman stimuli. Accounts of this Uncanny Valley effect often focus on how changes in human resemblance can evoke different emotional responses.
Anne E. Ferrey +2 more
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Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT AI agents are typically deployed with gender cues that match traditional role expectations, such as female voices or avatars in assistive and support roles, because stereotype‐congruent designs enhance consumer adoption, trust, and engagement. However, prior research suggests that this practice risks entrenching occupational gender stereotypes
Marius Claudy +4 more
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When AI Remembers: Investigating the Dual Role of Long‐Term Memory in Chatbots
Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research investigates the dual role of long‐term memory (LTM) in AI chatbots and its impact on customer outcomes. Drawing on Mind Perception Theory and Privacy Calculus Theory, we conceptualize LTM as a continuity‐based design capability that may be interpreted as a functional service feature, a privacy‐relevant cue, or a basis for ...
Maedeh Parvizian +4 more
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Technical wildness: Modernity, romanticism, and the technocratic turn in Scottish rewilding
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Technical wildness is a new and increasingly influential culture of nature. This paper marks its emergence in Scotland in the early 2020s. Focusing on Scotland's rapidly evolving land management sector, the paper traces how private rewilding companies position science‐led land management and natural capital markets as the most effective ...
Theo Stanley
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