For a long time, research on individuals learning in digital environments was primarily based
on cognitive-oriented theories. This paper aims at providing evidence that social processes …

The topic of mental state attribution to robots has been approached by researchers from a
variety of disciplines, including psychology, neuroscience, computer science, and …

Purpose Extant research mainly focused on potentially negative customer responses to
service robots. In contrast, this study is one of the first to explore a service context where …

Abstract Building upon the Stereotype Content Model (SCM), the current research provides
insights into how virtual influencers (VIs) influence consumer responses. More specifically, it …

In light of the trend in integrating artificial intelligence and robotics into tourism and
hospitality operations, it is important to understand consumer responses to hotel service …

Voice assistants are changing the way consumers shop. Guided by the anthropomorphism
literature and parasocial interaction theory, this study investigated how the new unique …

Anthropomorphism is a far-reaching phenomenon that incorporates ideas from social
psychology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, and the neurosciences …

Many people like eating meat, but most are reluctant to harm things that have minds. The
current three studies show that this dissonance motivates people to deny minds to animals …

Anthropomorphism describes the tendency to imbue the real or imagined behavior of
nonhuman agents with humanlike characteristics, motivations, intentions, or emotions …

Perceiving others' minds is a crucial component of social life. People do not, however,
always ascribe minds to other people, and sometimes ascribe minds to non-people (eg God …