Journal article
The role of control in attributing intentional agency to inanimate objects
- Abstract:
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Previous research into the perception of agency has found that objects in two-dimensional displays that move along non-inertial-looking paths are frequently attributed intentional agency, including beliefs and desires. The present experiment re-addressed this finding using a tangible, interactive, electromagnetic puzzle. The experimental manipulation was whether or not participants controlled the electromagnet that moved the marbles along unexpected trajectories. Thirty-one college undergradu...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Brill Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Cognition and Culture Journal website
- Volume:
- 3
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 208-217
- Publication date:
- 2003-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1568-5373
- ISSN:
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1567-7095
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:3103
- Deposit date:
- 2009-11-27
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- Copyright holder:
- Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden
- Copyright date:
- 2003
- Notes:
- The full-text of this article is not available in ORA, but you may be able to access the article via the DOI or publisher links on this record page. Dr Barrett is now based at the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford.
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