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The Psychology Behind Uncanny Valley

The Psychology Behind Uncanny Valley

Update: 2025-10-03
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This is episode 1 of the Autumn/Halloween videos in October. Make sure to follow for the rest of the series :)

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Links to studies/research:

https://www.simplypsychology.org/uncanny-valley.html

Zhang, J., Li, S., Zhang, J. Y., Du, F., Qi, Y., & Liu, X. (2020, July). A literature review of the research on the uncanny valley. In International conference on human-computer interaction(pp. 255-268). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0028393218301684

https://www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/how-psychologists-are-using-robots-study-uncanny-valley

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