| The perception of humanness from the movements of synthetic agents. | |
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PMID: 21936298 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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As technology develops, social robots and synthetic avatars might begin to play more of a role in our lives. An influential theory of the perception of synthetic agents states that as they begin to look and move in a more human-like way, they elicit profound discomfort in the observer--an effect known as the Uncanny Valley. Previous attempts to examine the existence of the Uncanny Valley have not adequately manipulated movement parameters that contribute to perceptions of the humanness or eeriness. Here we parametrically manipulated three different kinematic features of two walking avatars and found that, contrary to the Uncanny Valley hypothesis, ratings of the humanness, familiarity, and eeriness of these avatars changed monotonically. Our results indicate that, when a full gradient of motion parameter changes is examined, ratings of synthetic agents by human observers do not show an Uncanny Valley. |
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Authors:
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James C Thompson; J Gregory Trafton; Patrick McKnight |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Perception Volume: 40 ISSN: 0301-0066 ISO Abbreviation: Perception Publication Date: 2011 |
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Created Date: 2011-09-22 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372307 Medline TA: Perception Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 695-704 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychology, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, MS3F5, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA. jthompsz@gmu.edu |
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