[HTML][HTML] Human-like robots and the uncanny valley

M Mara, M Appel, T Gnambs - Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 2022 - econtent.hogrefe.com
In the field of human-robot interaction, the well-known uncanny valley hypothesis proposes
a curvilinear relationship between a robot's degree of human likeness and the observers' …

[HTML][HTML] How do people respond to computer-generated versus human faces? A systematic review and meta-analyses

EJ Miller, YZ Foo, P Mewton, A Dawel - Computers in Human Behavior …, 2023 - Elsevier
Computer-generated (CG) beings are rapidly infiltrating the human social world. Yet
evidence about how humans respond to CG faces is mixed. The present systematic review …

A meta-analysis of the uncanny valley's independent and dependent variables

A Diel, S Weigelt, KF Macdorman - ACM Transactions on Human-Robot …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
The uncanny valley (UV) effect is a negative affective reaction to human-looking artificial
entities. It hinders comfortable, trust-based interactions with android robots and virtual …

The human takes it all: Humanlike synthesized voices are perceived as less eerie and more likable. evidence from a subjective ratings study

K Kühne, MH Fischer, Y Zhou - Frontiers in neurorobotics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: The increasing involvement of social robots in human lives raises the question
as to how humans perceive social robots. Little is known about human perception of …

[HTML][HTML] Sco** review of the neural evidence on the uncanny valley

J Vaitonytė, M Alimardani, MM Louwerse - Computers in Human Behavior …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Uncanny Valley (UV) theory predicts that imperfectly human-like artificial
agents elicit negative reactions in perceivers. While to date most studies investigating the …

Fostering parasocial relationships with virtual influencers in the uncanny valley: anthropomorphism, autonomy, and a multigroup comparison

F Liu, R Wang - Journal of Business Research, 2025 - Elsevier
The rise of virtual influencers has significantly transformed the dynamics of influencer-
follower relationships. Integrating uncanny valley and parasocial relationship theories, in …

[HTML][HTML] Uncanny valley effect: A qualitative synthesis of empirical research to assess the suitability of using virtual faces in psychological research

AF Di Natale, ME Simonetti, S La Rocca… - Computers in Human …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently, virtual faces are often used as stimuli to replace traditional photographs in human
face perception studies. However, despite being increasingly human-like and realistic, they …

[HTML][HTML] Creepy cats and strange high houses: Support for configural processing in testing predictions of nine uncanny valley theories

A Diel, KF MacDorman - Journal of Vision, 2021 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Abstract In 1970, Masahiro Mori proposed the uncanny valley (UV), a region in a human-
likeness continuum where an entity risks eliciting a cold, eerie, repellent feeling. Recent …

A literature review of the research on the uncanny valley

J Zhang, S Li, JY Zhang, F Du, Y Qi, X Liu - … , CCD 2020, Held as Part of the …, 2020 - Springer
Depend on the development of science and technology, the demands for robots are not only
limited to the use of functions but also pay more attention to the emotional experience …

User experience of public speaking practice in virtual reality

A Gruber, R Kaplan-Rakowski - Cognitive and affective perspectives …, 2020 - igi-global.com
This study investigated how the sense of presence and the plausibility illusion of high-
immersion virtual reality (VR) impacted students' public speaking anxiety when presenting in …