If you’ve ever named your car or owned a favorite T-shirt, you know that these everyday objects are more than just things. Francine Russo joins us to talk about the psychology behind why we get so attached to some objects – to the point where we assign them human qualities. Her story “Our Stuff, Ourselves” appears in Scientific American magazine.
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