Interface agents are semi-autonomous software entities that perform tasks on behalf of their users. One of the attributes an agent may possess is anthropomorphism. Could an anthropomorphic agent make people believe information that was not true? This paper describes an experiment that investigated the effect the source of a piece of information (i.e. person or computer) had on whether people be...

From chatbots that simulate human conversation to cleaning robots with anthropomorphic appearance, humanlike designed technologies become increasingly present in our society. A growing strand of research focuses on psychological factors and motivations influencing anthropomorphism, is, the attribution characteristics non-human agents objects. For example, studies have shown feeling lonely can c...

Conflicts between disaster and sustainable development broadly exist in the world, with lack of methods techniques about prevention. In this study, a new method for mitigation is described, i.e., anthropomorphism disasters. Anthropomorphism on natural disasters was not deeply studied previous research it may have impact intentions preventive behaviors among ordinary people due to stronger risk ...

For most of human history we have ascribed human-like capacities to other entities (anthropomorphism). Recently, the digital age has created new entities: virtual agents (VAs). Increasingly, these are complex and human-like, specifically designed elicit anthropomorphism from their owners users. We employ social psychological research theory review how, why, when people come anthropomorphize VAs...

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BACKGROUND: An artificial fingertip with mechanical features and appearance similar to the human fingertip could represent a significant step forward towards the development of the next generation artificial hands. However, so far, a fingertip showing a good trade-off among mechanical features, appearance and anthropomorphism, along with its 3D computational model, is still