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Perceptual discrimination difficulty and familiarity in the Uncanny Valley: More like a ‘Happy Valley’.

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2014
The Uncanny Valley Hypothesis (UVH) predicts that enhanced difficulty perceptually discriminating between categorically ambiguous human and humanlike characters (e.g., highly realistic robot) evokes negatively valenced (i.e., uncanny) experience.
Marcus eCheetham   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trends in virtual reality technologies for the learning patient [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
NextMed convened the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 22 (MMVR 22) conference in 2016. Since 1992, the conference has brought together a diverse group of researchers to share creative solutions for the evolving challenge of integrating virtual reality ...
Myers, Mary Roland
core   +1 more source

Ethorobotics: A New Approach to Human-Robot Relationship

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2017
Here we aim to lay the theoretical foundations of human-robot relationship drawing upon insights from disciplines that govern relevant human behaviors: ecology and ethology.
Ádám Miklósi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

"Involving Interface": An Extended Mind Theoretical Approach to Roboethics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In 2008 the authors held Involving Interface, a lively interdisciplinary event focusing on issues of biological, sociocultural, and technological interfacing (see Acknowledgments).
Anderson, Miranda   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Avatars:the other side of Proteus's mirror : a study into avatar choice regarding perception [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The trend for online interactions, can be regarded as being ‘anti-so-cially social’, meaning that a great deal of time is spent playing, working and socializing with the internet serving as the communication conduit.
D Li   +9 more
core   +4 more sources

Facing the Spectator [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
We investigated the familiar phenomenon of the uncanny feeling that represented people in frontal pose invariably appear to ‘‘face you’’ from wherever you stand. We deploy two different methods.
Borody W. A.   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Arousal, valence, and the uncanny valley: Psychophysiological and self-report findings.

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2015
The main prediction of the Uncanny Valley Hypothesis (UVH) is that observation of humanlike characters that are difficult to distinguish from the human counterpart will evoke a state of negative affect.
Marcus eCheetham   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The A(I) Team: Effects of Human‐Likeness and Conformity to Gender Stereotypes on Initial Trust and Willingness to Work With an AI Teammate

open access: yesJournal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies progress, AI agents arise as potential teammates in the workplace. This study explores how the visual representation of the AI agent as well as its conformity to traditional gender stereotypes affects the manifestation of uncanny valley effects in a workplace team context.
Agata Mirowska, Jbid Arsenyan
wiley   +1 more source

The interaction between voice and appearance in the embodiment of a robot tutor [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Robot embodiment is, by its very nature, holistic and understanding how various aspects contribute to the user perception of the robot is non-trivial. A study is presented here that investigates whether there is an interaction effect between voice and ...
Aylett, Ruth   +4 more
core   +1 more source

IN PURSUIT OF THE HOFFMANNESQUE

open access: yesGerman Life and Letters, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article seeks to elucidate the term ‘Hoffmannesque’ — the eponymous adjective that refers to E. T. A. Hoffmann — through recourse to Hoffmann's own use of ‘esque’ words: arabesque, grotesque, burlesque, picturesque. By investigating the characteristics of ‘esque’ formulations and tracing their recurrence through Hoffmann's texts, I argue ...
Polly Dickson
wiley   +1 more source

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