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1Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2500, USA richard.gerrig@stonybrook.edu.
Abstract:
Clark and Fischer (C&F) discuss how people interact with social robots in the context of a general analysis of interaction with characters. I suggest that a consideration of aesthetic illusion would add nuance to this analysis. In addition, I illustrate how people's experiences with other depictions of characters require adjustments to C&F's claims.
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