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European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Conspiracism is commonly measured through specific conspiracy beliefs and generalized conspiracy mentality, a broad tendency to suspect conspiracies behind events. Researchers often assume that these measures are psychometrically distinct and that mentality accounts for correlations among beliefs.
Arturo Bertero +3 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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, 2023 The "uncanny valley" hypothesis (Mori, 1970/2012) suggests that humanoid entities that are difficult to categorize generate a negative response (uncanny feeling). From this perspective, we examine the possible affective effects of cognitive dissonance on
Antonio Olivera-LaRosa +2 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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The Big Picture: Religion and Global Comparative History
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.This article considers what a ‘big picture’ approach to global religious history might look like, and in particular the implications of deploying the comparative method across much larger stretches of time and space than historians normally attend to. It will begin by reflecting on the epistemological moods that have hindered this project to date, the ...
Alan Strathern
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Clinical features of mental imagery in substance use disorders: A mixed‐methods analysis
Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Aims To characterise the frequency, features and content of craving‐related mental imagery among people seeking treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs); examine within‐session change in self‐reported craving following imagery elicitation; and explore perceived links with autobiographical memory, behavioural, cognitive and emotional ...
Gemma Scott +7 more
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Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT At its core, transhumanism is utopic and apocalyptic: it tells us we will be saved through an imminent radical change of our being wrought by radical human enhancement (RHE) technologies. We are rushing, its supporters claim, towards a technological utopia so long as assorted techno‐phobes do not stand in the way.
Benjamin N. Parks
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Meta-Analysis of the Uncanny Valley
, 2023 This preregistration is for a meta-analysis of the uncanny valley. Our work explores the 1) impact of uncanny valley perceptions on affect, behavior, cognition, and opinion; 2) effect sizes of the theorized causes of the uncanny valley; and 3) mediation
William Weisman, Jorge Peña
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Ethology, EarlyView.Corpses are repositories of information about the cause of death. The distress of the bereaved acts as an honest signal drawing conspecifics to the body, enabling them to learn quickly about the death, adapt their behaviour, and spread knowledge of threats across multiple social levels.
Jacob Dembitzer, Dror Ben‐Ami
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Individual Differences in the Effects of Life Events on Personality Trait Change
Journal of Personality, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To date, effects of life events on personality trait change have been unsystematic, tenuous, and difficult to replicate. We focus on individual differences in change processes following life events, which have been neglected in previous studies.
Lara Oeltjen, Christian Kandler
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