Attachment and Sex with Robots: An Assessment from Mental Health Perspective

Abstract

Nowadays, when robot technology advances very quickly, the place and level of robot in human life lead to great debate. The perspective of mental health experts about living with robot, wanting to marry with robot, and sex with robot is very important. In this review, the literature about using robot in infant, child, elderly care and intimacy, attachment and sex with robots tried to investigate from perspective of mental health.

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Ümit Morsünbül

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  • EP ID EP506776
  • DOI 10.18863/pgy.363669
  • Views 127
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Ümit Morsünbül (2018). Attachment and Sex with Robots: An Assessment from Mental Health Perspective. Psikiyatride Guncel Yaklasimlar - Current Approaches in Psychiatry, 10(4), 427-439. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-506776