The automatic uncanny valley phenomenon: task-irrelevant shape dimensions reduce the likeability of morphed figures.

Humans experience a sense of uncanniness when encountering human-like robots, a phenomenon known as the uncanny valley. Although the underlying mechanism remains unclear, the categorization failure hypothesis suggests that the visual system automatically attempts – but fails – to categorize the perc...

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Published in:Visual Cognition Vol. 33; no. 6; pp. 396 - 403
Main Authors: Sasaki, Kota, Ariga, Atsunori
Format: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2025
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