We further aim to define the developmental profile of this uncanny valley response.
Rather, infants may perceive intermediate faces in conjunction with an uncomfortable feeling, as shown by the uncanny valley response, the phenomenon whereby very realistic human-looking robots or computer avatars elicit negative feelings in human adults and infants [ 1, 2, 5] (also shown in non-human primates [ 4]).
She attributes her ostracism to the "uncanny-valley response," wherein people respond ever more positively to robots or images that approximate human likeness, until a breaking point where the almost-but-not-quite human gives us the creeps.
Using the morphing technique and a preferential-looking paradigm, we demonstrated uncanny valley responses of infants to faces of mothers (i.e. familiarity) and strangers (i.e. novelty).
Some preliminary research in rhesus monkeys suggests that these animals share an uncanny valley-like response, indicating that they have perhaps adapted to the same evolutionary pressure in the same way as us.
There, he observed an uncanny similarity in human response to the arrivals.
The book recounts an intricate game, a kind of chess match, in which people play tricks on an unseen adversary and show an uncanny knack for unexpected responses to each event in the charade.
Ken Goldberg commented on the phenomena, describing many responses as a reaction to the "uncanny valley," a term coined in 1970 by Masahiro Mori in response to the day's reactions to prosthetics.
It appears that some version of the "uncanny valley"—a visceral negative response people feel to robots that seem almost human, but not human enough also applies to automated vehicles.
But regardless of whether or not anyone has ever actually peeked through the glass at Lottz's club, his response is an uncanny reflection of the disdain and hostility with which so many comedians treat women on stage.
