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Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 The uncanny valley theory proposed by Mori has been heavily investigated in the recent years by researchers from various fields. However, the videos and images used in these studies did not permit any human interaction with the uncanny objects. Therefore,
Jakub Aleksander Zlotowski +7 more
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Psychology &Marketing, Volume 43, Issue 12, Page 3602-3620, December 2026.ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming branding, extending to core creative functions such as product design. This raises a broader question of when adopting a new technology coheres with a brand. This tension is most acute in the luxury sector, which is deeply symbolic and historically resistant to technology adoption.
Olga Nechaeva, Valentina Mazzoli
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Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, 2022 Social robots are marketed as human tools promising us a better life. This marketing strategy commodifies not only the labor of care but the caregiver as well, conjuring a fantasy of technoliberal futurism that echoes a colonial past.
Shelley M Park
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Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 4, December 2026.Short Abstract This paper contributes to conceptual debates on ruins by generating novel insights into how encounters with the haunted materialities of ruins in the field inform (post)colonial trajectories of exploration. Empirically, it examines how material and spectral traces of past lives in the field, alongside play with categories of absence and ...
Johanne M. Bruun
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Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial HumansTo examine how the self-referencing effect influences uncanny valley perceptions, this study (N = 188) employed an 11-level mechanic-to-human face morph continuum (ranging from 0% to 100% human-likeness in 10% increments) by 2 (self-face vs.
William D. Weisman, Jorge Peña
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Beyond Connection: Paradoxes of Psychedelic Resonance in Late Modernity
Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 2, November 2026.ABSTRACT This essay explores the enduring suspicion that psychedelic experiences are antithetical to the structural dynamic of modern societies through Hartmut Rosa's concepts of ‘resonance’ and ‘social acceleration’. Rosa's theoretical framework is particularly generative for studying the social meaning of contemporary psychedelia because it enables a
Mateo Sanchez Petrement
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Artificial Voices, Real Causes: The Dilemma of Virtual Influencer‐Driven Brand Activism
Psychology &Marketing, Volume 43, Issue 11, Page 2982-3002, November 2026.ABSTRACT Brands are more frequently adopting virtual influencers (VIs) to lead activism campaigns. However, little is known about when and how such activism effectively drives consumer engagement. This research, in Study 1, examines 14,464 Instagram posts from 18 diverse VIs using large‐scale analytics to assess engagement intensity and the dynamics of
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EEG Study of the Uncanny Valley Phenomenon
This dataset contains the EEG recordings of 30 participants in a study conducted by the IT University of Copenhagen brAIn lab, designed to investigate the origins of the Uncanny Valley phenomenon.
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, 2020 Sometimes humanoid-like robots or computer characters evoke fear. This is because we know that they are only created to look like people. For example: robot Sophia looks like a real person, but it can’t move naturally, it moves like a robot and sometimes it scares.
Kyianenko, D. +1 more
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Psychology &Marketing, Volume 43, Issue 11, Page 3253-3264, November 2026.ABSTRACT Firms often seek to replace human agents (HAs) with automated agents (AAs) for customer service, but customers still tend to react more negatively to AAs than to HAs. This meta‐analysis examines agent‐related perceptions (i.e., humanlikeness, warmth, and competence), which represent the key upstream customer reactions shaping downstream ...
Sandra Miederer +3 more
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