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Published on in Vol 5 , No 5 (2021) :May

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/27868, first published .
Evidence of Human-Level Bonds Established With a Digital Conversational Agent: Cross-sectional, Retrospective Observational Study

Evidence of Human-Level Bonds Established With a Digital Conversational Agent: Cross-sectional, Retrospective Observational Study

Evidence of Human-Level Bonds Established With a Digital Conversational Agent: Cross-sectional, Retrospective Observational Study

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Alison Darcy 1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jade Daniels 1 Author Orcid Image ;   David Salinger 1 Author Orcid Image ;   Paul Wicks 1 Author Orcid Image ;   Athena Robinson 1 Author Orcid Image
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