Object attachment: Humanness increases sentimental and instrumental values
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DOI: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.98
Abstract: Background and aims People who hoard form intense attachments to their possessions and save items for sentimental and instrumental reasons. Feeling socially excluded may encourage these individuals to anthropomorphize objects (i.e., perceive them as human-like)… read more here.
Keywords: sentimental instrumental; anthropomorphism; attachment humanness; object attachment ... See more keywords