The Cognitive Bases of Anthropomorphism: From Relatedness to Empathy
The Cognitive Bases of Anthropomorphism: From Relatedness to Empathy
G. Airenti
2015 · DOI: 10.1007/s12369-014-0263-x
International Journal of Social Robotics · 116 Citations
TLDR
The aim of this work is to find out the cognitive bases of familiarity, analyzing the origin of anthropomorphic projection, namely human disposition to attribute anthropomorphic features - like intentions or feelings—to artifacts.