The Uncanny Valley Hypothesis and Beyond

• Main Author: Marcus Cheetham (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; anthropomorphic design; computer animation; computer graphics; virtual reality; cognition; affect; robotics; human likeness; Uncanny Valley Hypothesis; perception
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

A field of theory and research is evolving around the question highlighted in the Uncanny Valley Hypothesis: How does high realism in anthropomorphic design influence human experience and behaviour? The Uncanny Valley Hypothesis posits that a very humanlike character or object (e.g., robot, prosthet...