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Anthropomorphism

Anthropomorphism: What Science Fiction Can Tell Us About Yelling at Computers and Naming Roombas

Nathan Shedroff | Posted 12.11.2012 | Technology
Read More: Star Wars, Human, Anthropomorphic, Humanlike, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Computers, Machines, Sci-Fi, Nonhuman, Anthropomorphism, Technology News
Nathan Shedroff

For less humanoid systems, people respond idiosyncratically. For example, some people name their Roomba vacuums and speak of them almost like a pet but others do not. So what aspects of a system might provide those triggers?

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Apes Have People-Like Personalities? What Scientists Now Say

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.25.2013 | Science
Read More: Video, Humans, Primates, Behavior, Animal Behavior, Apes, Chimpanzees, Great Apes, Animals, Personalities, Personality Traits, Chimpanzee Behavior, Anthropomorphism, Science News

What makes you you? Psychologists say human personalities include what they call "the big five” traits: agreeableness, openness to experience, ext...

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Teddy Bears Make You Friendlier -- and Maybe Healthier

Matthew Hutson | Posted 06.30.2012 | Science
Read More: Magical Thinking, Loneliness, Teddy Bears, Anthropomorphism, National University of Singapore, Teddy Bear Study, Antisocial, Anti-Social-Behaviour, Science News
Matthew Hutson

Given that isolation increases stress and cortisol production, and that petting dogs reduces blood pressure, the researchers suggest that touching a teddy bear might make you not just happier and nicer but healthier too.

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Robots: The New York Times vs. WPTZ

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Anthropomorphic, Wptz, Amy Harmon, George Washington, Stewart Ledbetter, The New York Times, Vermont, Youtube, Bina, Robots, Interview, Local News, Anthropomorphism, bina48, Robot, Nbc, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

From childhood, I have always regarded The New York Times as the world's greatest newspaper, and the leading source of reasonably objective information. Yet, there is something about it that has always bothered me.

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Psychology: Anthropomorphism And Dehumanization

sciencedaily.com | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Neuroscience, Relationships, Human Brain, Science, Psychology, Dehumanization, The Inner Life, Social Psychology, Anthropomorphism, Healthy Living News

In a new report in Current Directions in Psychological Science, scientists examine the psychology of anthropomorphism....

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