A Bayesian Model of the Uncanny Valley Effect for Explaining the Effects of Therapeutic Robots in Autism Spectrum Disorder. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 One of the core features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is impaired reciprocal social interaction, especially in processing emotional information. Social robots are used to encourage children with ASD to take the initiative and to interact with the ...
Yuki Ueyama
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A review of level-1 visual perspective-taking: potential relationship with the uncanny valley effect [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyCalculating others' visual perspective automatically is a pivotal ability in human social communications. In the dot-perspective task, the ability is shown as a consistency effect: adults respond more slowly to judge the number of discs that they can see
Cong Fan, Cong Fan, Weiqi He, Weiqi He
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A Bayesian explanation of the ‘Uncanny Valley’ effect and related psychological phenomena [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2012 There are a number of psychological phenomena in which dramatic emotional responses are evoked by seemingly innocuous perceptual stimuli. A well known example is the 'uncanny valley' effect whereby a near human-looking artifact can trigger feelings of eeriness and repulsion.
Moore RK.
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Psychological mechanisms linking AI hallucinations to user trust and behavioral intentions toward AI-generated videos: an S–O–R perspective [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyWith the widespread adoption of AI-generated videos in media content production, their visual credibility and the associated issues of user trust have attracted increasing attention.
Jun Liu, Yue Sun, Kaiqi Xiao
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Examining the influence of the domestic social robot anthropomorphism on users' perceived affinity via intelligent design process: robot social presence as a mediator [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntegrating social robots into daily life has elevated the demands for robot anthropomorphism to enhance Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). Through the intelligent design process, this study adapted the robot's social presence model to examine the mediating ...
Tao Chen +7 more
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Understanding Consumer Purchase Intention in Virtual Live Streaming: The Moderating Role of Anthropomorphism [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesVirtual live streaming enables consumers to engage with virtual anchors, facilitating product information acquisition and online transactions.
Man Ji
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Psychophysics of user acceptance of social cyber-physical systems [PDF]
Frontiers in Robotics and AIA mini-review of the literature, supporting the view on the psychophysical origins of some user acceptance effects of cyber-physical systems (CPSs), is presented and discussed in this paper.
Maya Dimitrova +5 more
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Will you accept a virtual human as a friend? Exploring the role of virtual humans in mood management and mental health support [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionThe advancement of virtual human technology has opened new possibilities for its application in various fields, including healthcare. Recent research has begun exploring the use of virtual humans as tools for mood management in daily life ...
Doyeon Lee +2 more
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An Investigation into the uncanny: character design, behaviour and context. [PDF]
Whilst there has been a substantial amount of research into the uncanny valley, defining research that contextualises a character as they would normally be viewed remains an unexplored area.
Tharib, S
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, 2021 The 2019 film adaptation of the musical, Cats, was a box-office flop, unpopular with critics and audiences, and failing to recoup its production cost. The two major criticisms levelled at the film – its perceived lack of plot and unsuccessful animation –
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