Advances in Psychological Science ›› 2026, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (2): 227-238.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1042.2026.0227
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PEI Guanxiong1, DONG Bo1, JIN Jia2, MENG Liang2, ZHANG Jialin3,4
Received:2025-07-08
Online:2026-02-15
Published:2025-12-15
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PEI Guanxiong, DONG Bo, JIN Jia, MENG Liang, ZHANG Jialin. Dynamic processing of conversational intelligence features in marketing digital humans and its neural mechanisms[J]. Advances in Psychological Science, 2026, 34(2): 227-238.
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