Social bonding between humans, animals, and robots: Dogs outperform AIBOs, their robotic replicas, as social companions.
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- 10.1371/journal.pone.0324312
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- 2025
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pone.0324312,
title = {Social bonding between humans, animals, and robots: Dogs outperform AIBOs, their robotic replicas, as social companions.},
author = {Klumpe S and Mitchell KC and Cox E and Katz JS and Lazarowski L and Deshpande G and Gratch J and de Visser EJ and Ayaz H and Li X and Franke AA and Krueger F},
year = {2025},
journal = {PloS one},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0324312},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324312}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Social bonding between humans, animals, and robots: Dogs outperform AIBOs, their robotic replicas, as social companions. AU - Klumpe S AU - Mitchell KC AU - Cox E AU - Katz JS AU - Lazarowski L AU - Deshpande G AU - Gratch J AU - de Visser EJ AU - Ayaz H AU - Li X AU - Franke AA AU - Krueger F PY - 2025 JO - PloS one DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0324312 UR - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324312 ER -
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S, K., KC, M., E, C., JS, K., L, L., G, D., J, G., EJ, D. V., H, A., X, L., AA, F., & F, K. (2025). Social bonding between humans, animals, and robots: Dogs outperform AIBOs, their robotic replicas, as social companions.. PloS one. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324312
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