A perceived moral agency scale: Development and validation of a metric for humans and social machines

@article{Banks2019APM,
  title={A perceived moral agency scale: Development and validation of a metric for humans and social machines},
  author={Jaime Banks},
  journal={Comput. Hum. Behav.},
  year={2019},
  volume={90},
  pages={363-371}
}
  • J. Banks
  • Published 2019
  • Psychology
  • Comput. Hum. Behav.
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