How topic content shapes LLM personality-tailored persuasion: semantic anchoring and topic stereotype effects.

Front Psychiatry · 2026 · PMC12900667 · PMID 41696465

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The smartwatch–Conscientiousness condition also exhibited a small effect in the predicted direction ( d = 0.26), although the associated t test did not reach statistical significance, t (217) = 1.80, p = .072.

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