Monkeys get freaked out by the ‘uncanny valley’ too

On the road to constructing flawless simulations of human faces, there’s a zone where things get … weird. Too realistic to be a caricature or cartoon, too fake to be the real deal, these middle-ground representations trigger responses of discomfort in many who encounter them.

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Category: Biology, Science, Refractor: Science & Health

Tags: Psychology, Communications, Future Robot, CGI, Uncanny valley