Stimulus-category competition, inhibition, and affective devaluation: a novel account of the uncanny valley

Stimuli that resemble humans, but are not perfectly human-like, are disliked compared to distinctly human and non-human stimuli. Accounts of this “Uncanny Valley” effect often focus on how changes in human resemblance can evoke different emotional responses. We present an alternate account based on...

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Published in:Front Psychol
Main Authors: Ferrey, Anne E., Burleigh, Tyler J., Fenske, Mark J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Psychology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4358369/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25821439
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00249
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